“I love stories with a happy ending,” Inspector Me said.”
Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer
Source: Death Bringer
“Tell me a story, Pew.
What kind of story, child?
A story with a happy ending.
There's no such thing in all the world.
As a happy ending?
As an ending.”
— Jeanette Winterson, book Lighthousekeeping
Source: Lighthousekeeping (2004), p. 49
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What kind of story, child?
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There's no such thing in all the world…" by Jeanette Winterson?
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