--- title: "4 Happy ending Quotes By Jeanette Winterson" description: "4 Happy ending quotes by Jeanette Winterson. Plus more from Jeanette Winterson and more Happy ending sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/jeanette-winterson-166_bigs_happy-ending-are-only-a-pause-there-are_999767.png" --- > [Happy ending are only a pause. There are three kinds of big endings: Revenge. Tragedy. Forgiveness. Revenge and Tragedy often happen together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/happy-ending-are-only-a-pause-there-are-three-kinds-of-big-endings/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/jeanette-winterson-166_bigs_happy-ending-are-only-a-pause-there-are_999767.png) > [Tell me a story, Pew. What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. There’s no such thing in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/tell-me-a-story-pew-what-kind-of-story-child-a-story-with-a-happy/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/jeanette-winterson-166_children_tell-me-a-story-pew-what-kind-of-story-c_1039460.png) > [This is where the story starts, in this threadbare room. The walls are exploding. The windows have turned into telescopes. Moon and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/this-is-where-the-story-starts-in-this-threadbare-room-the-walls-are/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/jeanette-winterson-166_arms_this-is-where-the-story-starts-in-this-t_1760312.jpg) > [I don't believe in happy endings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/i-don-t-believe-in-happy-endings/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/jeanette-winterson-166_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-happy-endings-2609427_2609427.png) ## Other authors on Happy ending - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jodi-picoult-50321.jpg) Jodi Picoult 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/jodi-picoult/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matthew-quick-65618.jpg) Matthew Quick 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/matthew-quick/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/stephen-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-s-beagle-75025.jpg) Peter S. Beagle 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/peter-s-beagle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-francis-lockier-35509.jpg) Beth Pattillo 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/beth-pattillo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-campbell-53286.jpg) Joseph Campbell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/joseph-campbell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/john-green/) ## More by Jeanette Winterson > [“After nine nights must come ten and every desperate meeting only leaves you desperate for another. There is never enough to eat, never enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/after-nine-nights-must-come-ten-and-every-desperate-meeting-only/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/you-never-give-away-your-heart-you-lend-it-from-time-to-time-if-it/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [I have found that I am not a space where people want to live, at least not without decorating first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/i-have-found-that-i-am-not-a-space-where-people-want-to-live-at-least/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“Yes. Just pass me my leg will you? It's on top of the wardrobe where he threw it, and I think my right arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/yes-just-pass-me-my-leg-will-you-it-s-on-top-of-the-wardrobe-where-he/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [Every second the Universe divides into possibilities and most of those possibilities never happen. It is not a uni-verse -- there is more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/every-second-the-universe-divides-into-possibilities-and-most-of/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [You are a pool of clear water where the light plays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/you-are-a-pool-of-clear-water-where-the-light-plays/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“It's the cliches that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. If what I feel is not precise than how should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/it-s-the-cliches-that-cause-the-trouble-a-precise-emotion-seeks-a/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [What would it have meant to be happy? What would it have meant if things had been bright, clear, good between us?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/what-would-it-have-meant-to-be-happy-what-would-it-have-meant-if/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her two sons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/mrs-ratlow-was-a-widow-and-she-was-head-of-english-but-she-still-did/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“I shall have nowt to talk to now the baby is boiled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/i-shall-have-nowt-to-talk-to-now-the-baby-is-boiled/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous. The so-called uselessness of art is a clue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/what-art-does-is-to-coax-us-away-from-the-mechanical-and-towards-the/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [Happy Valentines Day to those who have found love, in whatever shape or form, and to those who are still hunting, don’t give up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/happy-valentines-day-to-those-who-have-found-love-in-whatever-shape/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“It took me a long time to realise that there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one that writes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-realise-that-there-are-two-kinds-of-writing/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [A curse on this game. How can you stick at a game when the rules keep on changing? I shall call myself Alice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/a-curse-on-this-game-how-can-you-stick-at-a-game-when-the-rules-keep/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“He turned away and I turned to him in vivid heat to look on the sun-dried world. The groves and towers were gone. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/he-turned-away-and-i-turned-to-him-in-vivid-heat-to-look-on-the-sun/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/jeanette-winterson/#itemlist", "name": "4 Happy ending Quotes By Jeanette Winterson", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Happy ending are only a pause. There are three kinds of big endings: Revenge. Tragedy. Forgiveness. 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