Conventional Quote by George R. R. Martin Download Open image “I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.” — George R. R. Martin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conventional Distrust Endings Happiness Happy Happy ending Happy endings
People generally like happy endings, which is something I learned from my years in advertising. I like happy endings myself, but only if they're… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Unhappy endings are just as important as happy endings. They’re an efficient way of transmitting vital Darwinian information. Your brain needs them to make… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place. — Hozier Copy Share Image
When we're young, we like happy endings. When we're a little older, we think happy endings are unrealistic and so we prefer bad but… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I really want a happy ending this time! I hate endings that leave a bitter taste. — Shauntal Copy Share Image
There are so many things I can't believe. That people deserve what they get, both bad and good. That one day I'll live in… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are no happy endings. No matter what I'll be losing something, someone... — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I always try to do true endings and that's where I got into trouble always because Hollywood wants to do happy endings. — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Jaime had decided that he would return Sansa, and the younger girl as well if she could be found. It was not like to… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
A language possesses utility only insofar as it can construct conventional boundaries. A language of no boundaries is no language at all, and thus… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look… — Dan Barber Copy Share Image
Contrarian thinking at its best simply asks, Is this really true? It speaks up when the politically correct answer or the conventional wisdom doesn't… — Larry Osborne Copy Share Image
Because investors are not usually penalized for adhering to conventional practices, doing so is the less professionally risky strategy, even though it virtually guarantees… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
Our Christian faith is actually very subversive of the conventional notion of success - the notion that what invests a person with worth is… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
Some days, I think maybe we should try and be a little more conventional, but every time I try, I fail, so I'm learning… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
The vision of extraordinary achievement is,by definition, a few steps beyond consensus and conventional logic — Scott Belsky Copy Share Image
Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is that conventionality… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps was revived… — Eric Kierans Copy Share Image
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