--- title: "4 Happy ending Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "4 Happy ending quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Happy ending sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/neil-gaiman-29_endings_not-only-are-there-no-happy-endings-she_201253.jpg" --- > [Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/not-only-are-there-no-happy-endings-she-told-him-there-aren-t-even/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/neil-gaiman-29_endings_not-only-are-there-no-happy-endings-she_201253.jpg) > [“Maybe,” he said. “Maybe I can get some kind of a happy ending.” “Not only are there no happy endings,” she told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/maybe-he-said-maybe-i-can-get-some-kind-of-a-happy-ending-not-only/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/neil-gaiman-29_happy-ending_maybe-he-said-maybe-i-can-get-some-kind_623521.jpg) > [“All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realized the real problem with stories—if you keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/all-bette-s-stories-have-happy-endings-that-s-because-she-knows-where/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/neil-gaiman-29_death_all-bette-s-stories-have-happy-endings-t_1165441.jpg) > [“October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or shutting a book, did not end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/october-knew-of-course-that-the-action-of-turning-a-page-of-ending-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/neil-gaiman-29_april_october-knew-of-course-that-the-action-o_1408192.jpg) ## 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 Neil Gaiman > [“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-talk-about-books-that-write-themselves-and-it-s-a-lie-books/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-all-sentient-beings-fat-charlie-had-a-weirdness-quotient-for/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-crawled-across-the-floor-to-the-yellow-foam-rubber-pad-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [ “\[T\]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/t-hey-could-not-help-being-amused-every-time-another-little-human/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [So many things to see, people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-many-things-to-see-people-to-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/three-may-keep-a-secret-if-two-of-them-are-dead-ben-franklin/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-need-more-than-a-beginning-if-you-re-going-to-start-a-book-if-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-tell-the-date-of-an-old-science-fiction-novel-by-every-word/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-quickest-way-is-sometimes-the-longest/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/they-were-spells-spelled-with-words-to-make-worlds-waiting-for-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/finish-what-you-re-writing-whatever-you-have-to-do-to-finish-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [What do stars do? They shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-do-stars-do-they-shine/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?" "What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?" "Dead things," suggested Mr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-asked-mr-croup-do-you-want-what-asked-the-marquis-de-carabas-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-on-with-your-own-life-lettie-gave-it-to-you-you-just-have-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/eyes-will-not-see-you-minds-will-not-hold-you-where-you-are-is/) [neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy-ending/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Happy ending Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/not-only-are-there-no-happy-endings-she-told-him-there-aren-t-even/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/neil-gaiman-29_endings_not-only-are-there-no-happy-endings-she_201253.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/neil-gaiman-29_endings_not-only-are-there-no-happy-endings-she_201253.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/neil-gaiman-29_endings_not-only-are-there-no-happy-endings-she_201253.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings.” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Maybe,” he said. “Maybe I can get some kind of a happy ending.” “Not only are there no happy endings,” she told him. “There aren’t even any endings.” On”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/maybe-he-said-maybe-i-can-get-some-kind-of-a-happy-ending-not-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/neil-gaiman-29_happy-ending_maybe-he-said-maybe-i-can-get-some-kind_623521.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/neil-gaiman-29_happy-ending_maybe-he-said-maybe-i-can-get-some-kind_623521.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/neil-gaiman-29_happy-ending_maybe-he-said-maybe-i-can-get-some-kind_623521.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe,” he said. “Maybe I can get some kind of a happy ending.” “Not only are there no happy endings,” she…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All Bette's stories have happy endings. 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