Happiness Quote by Megan McCafferty

“Happy stories are the things we tell to make ourselves feel better. But they are never true.”

— Anni Taylor

Obviously, you're always happy when you can tell a story completely from beginning to end and tell it in a satisfying way, where you're…

— Aaron Stanford

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

— Faith Hill

As a reader, I don't feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world…

— John Green

Our stories remind us how precious and fragile life can be-- and that we must risk our hearts everyday to know happiness.

— Luanne Rice

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.

— John Green

Stories don’t always have happy endings.

— Patrick Ness

Some stories don't have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.

— Kristin Hannah

“Stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle.”

— Carmen Maria Machado

“Fairy tales have happy endings—real life seldom does.”

— I.T. Lucas

“There can be funny moments during sad stories”

— Ammon Shea

Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.

— Joe Wright