“I'm gonna pretty much always do anything for you because I love you. And I want you to be happily ever after.”— Heather Marion, Nick Godejohn, Calum Worthy, imdb.com
“If a story ends with 'And they lived happily ever after,' her daughters chime in, “with lots of hard work and open communication!”— Erich Schwartzel, wsj.com
“He will carry me away to his castle, where we will live happily ever after.”— Ted Sears, Snow White (voice), Adriana Caselotti, imdb.com
“'Happily ever after,' the big lie. Those three insidious words, repeated again and again, promising myself and a gazillion other little girls that some day, sure as the sunset, a man prettier than ourselves would sweep us away. To live our lives forever and a day. Blah blah, blah. Never once mention…”— David Maples, Mary Shannon, Mary McCormack, imdb.com
“Ruby: Look, we're going to find Baal. You're going to harness the power of that Book against him, and none of this is going to be in vain. Pablo: And you promise me that we're all going to live happily ever after? Ruby: Even if this goes perfectly, there's a good chance you'll die. Pablo: Wow. Ruby,…”— Suzanne Keilly, Ruby Knowby, Lucy Lawless, imdb.com
“'Happily ever after' was invented for the storybooks, so kids reach breeding age without killing themselves.”— Jenji Kohan, Galina 'Red' Reznikov, Kate Mulgrew, imdb.com
“[On life] Yes, it’s terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.”— Joss Whedon, Rupert Giles, Anthony Stewart Head, imdb.com
“Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com
“You might meet the love of your life tomorrow, so don’t assume your happily ever after is years away.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“True love is taking the risk that it won't be a happily-ever-after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, 'I'm not afraid to believe in you.'”— Cara Lockwood, amazon.com
“God, I wish my life was a movie sometimes, you know? I would never have to worry about my hair or having to go to the bathroom, and then, when I’m at my lowest point some guy would chase me down the street, pour his heart out and then we’d kiss. Happily ever after!”— Keith Merryman, Jamie, Mila Kunis, amazon.com
“I wish it could just be simple, like a retro pop song, 'I want you to want me.' Boom. End of story. We all live happily ever after. But it is never really like that, is it?”— Brittany Snow, Kate, amazon.com
“In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.”— Stephen Mitchell, amazon.com
“The very idea of ‘happily ever after’ is as much an illusion as the idea of 'a cure.’ We are all looking for a quick and complete fix, a cure. We want to be able to say, 'I was this way before and now I am better. It’s great and that’s that.’ Yet we know life doesn’t work that way.”— Tommy Rosen, amazon.com