“The general idiocy of mankind is such that they can be swayed by words, and however mortifying, for the present you have… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A local government in Indonesia is attempting to curb prostitution by asking masseuses to wear a padlock on their pants. But if… — Seth Meyers Copy Share Image
“if life teaches anything at all, it teaches that there are so many happy endings that the man who believes there is… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We all know what tragedy is. "Yes, I'd rather not have any more tragedy, please. I'll have comedy, please." Comedy, in the… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
“I think in many ways the problem that my writing would have with an American reviewer is that Americans find difficulty very… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“people outside of mental institutions need to have good morals so that the world will continue to work without any major interruptions—and… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“It isn't the happy ending that Ingrid and I have dreamed up, but it's all a part of what I'm working through.… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“Just because something is over doesn’t mean it wasn’t incredibly beautiful. Because another lesson I’ve learned is not all stories have a… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I think utopianism and eschatology are really two sides of the same coin. They both assume that some massively transformative event is… — Phillip Sandifer Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this is the purpose of detective investigations, real and fictional -- to transform sensation, horror and grief into a puzzle, and… — Kate Summerscale Copy Share Image
“Later, Wendy would tell people on the ship that they had battled pirates. But she would never say that Tiger Lily had… — Jodi Lynn Anderson Copy Share Image
“I’ve never believed in fairy tales. One day, the fairies will tell this story. There will be a valiant prince, a part… — T.T. Escurel Copy Share Image
“Oh, it's very hard, "Clare says, sitting down slowly and not too close. "Oh, I miss him so much. I didn't know.… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
Lets talk this over It's not like we're dead Was it something I did? Was it something you said? Don't leave me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Everything in a movie completed. Relationships began, they developed and they ended or went on happily forever. All in less than two… — Marshall Thornton Copy Share Image
Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“It was not a happy ending, but a happy middle - at last, after so many fraught beginnings. Their story would be… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
And all the lonely nights and all the crushing scenes and all the pointless fights. Someone tell me what it means. Someone… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined… — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
Im sensitive on the low, I can't even front. I almost cried off this movie I just finished watching. Of course I… — Noel Wilson Copy Share Image
“Mom, why couldn't my story, my real life story have a happy ending - like in the books?" "No true love story… — Barbara Conklin Copy Share Image
Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks. Slay the… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“I had questioned God. I had thought that I was so special, I could hold God to account. And why? I had… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“I like stories of adventure. Especially if there’s some kind of disaster involved.” The eyebrow remains arched. I laugh. “I read the… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in my life dedicating myself to love or the pursuit of love or the understanding of… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
“hope and fear are just different aspects of the same submission to history. Sitting and istening to the same story, one can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
“Let's see where this leads us, this adventure with the thrum of the music and the blizzard of stagy snow...happy tears freezing… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get,… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
“Believing in nothing except the truth of Montgomery, who for all his faults was as steady as the sea, as honest as… — Megan Shepherd Copy Share Image
“Despite their exhaustion and worries, Miner and Ennek made love that night, tracing fingers and tongues over one another's marks and scars.… — Kim Fielding Copy Share Image
Cynicism doesn't have its way in series finales. My emotional desire when I watch a series come to an end is to… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“He is getting used to the idea that closure is a unicorn – fit only for children’s fantasies. There are no happy… — Mike Leon Copy Share Image
At this stage of my life I just want to remain Healthy, Happy and Horny and for as long as possible and… — Danny Santagato Copy Share Image
I try to make movies that I would want to go see rather than ones I would just want to do as… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
It was just like him, she thought; with him, a happy ending was always a foregone conclusion. But such was the power… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
