Emily Bronte
Poet, Novelist
"I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after."
Ever After quotes
Ever After
56 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Jimmy Buffett
Musician, Author
"I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then."
Stefan Zweig
Writer
"Those whom fate has dealt hard knocks remain vulnerable for ever afterwards."
Stephen King
Author
"No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves."
Heather King
Author
"I didn’t want to hear that people lived happily ever after. I wanted to know that other people suffered, too."
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"Jew storekeepers have already learned the advantage to be gained from this [unlimited credit]: they lead on the farmer into irretrievable indebtedness, and keep him ever after as their bondslave hopelessly grinding in the mill."
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"I shall do down in history as the man who opened a door!"
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"You can't take sides against anything. If you would just be one who is for things, you would live happily ever after. If you could just leave the "against" part out."
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"I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad."
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"How could two people who were so in love not end up happily ever after? It had to work. Didn’t it?"
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"After going through years of litigation to get royalties due to him, the guy who coined the term 'happily ever after' lived reasonably well for a while."
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"Coleridge received the Person from Porlock And ever after called him a curse, Then why did he hurry to let him in? He could have hid in the house."
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"The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive."
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"I have always been quite good at falling in love, but I don't pretend to know anything about literal happily ever afters."
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