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- Nov 07, 2020
Happy Ending Quotes
On endings that feel earned, not just tidy.
These happy ending quotes push back on the idea of a neat, wrapped-up finish, arguing instead for a clear vision of one's own life as the real marker of a happy ending. One quote even ties this to peace found on the far side of a painful ordeal.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020
To tell you the truth, in my work, love is always in opposition to the elements. It creates dilemmas. It brings in suffering. We can't live with it, and we can't live without it. You'll rarely find a happy ending in my work.
- Crutches
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Mud' was a depository for a little more nostalgia and just a different kind of feeling, a different kind of mood. Something that's not so dark. Something that does actually have a happy ending and is a little more hopeful.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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- Nov 07, 2020