#endings

Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#dark #endings #love #phury #ruin

Let me give my love to you. Let me take your hand. And as we walk in the dimming light Oh darling understand That everything ends... ↗

— Death Cab for Cutie

#death

Let your passion in life be as conspicuous as the devilish grin on your face. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#life #passion #life

Unlike me, he realized that Dustfinger would do anything in return for such a promise. All he wants is to go back to his own world. He doesn't even stop to ask if his story there has a happy ending!" "Well, that's no different from real life," remarked Elinor gloomily. "You never know if things will turn out well. Just now our own story looks like it's coming to a bad end. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#life #story #life

Why had I ever cared about happy endings? Happy beginnings were so much better. ↗

— Kristin Walker

#love #love

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#happy-endings #writing #story

I know you’re just a rag doll now, sewn together with memories that we might have had. I know you’re just the dream inside of a dream And don’t worry, I know I don’t know you, anymore. ↗

— pleasefindthis

#endings #forgetting #forgetting-the-past #love #memories

Everything has to come to an end, sometime. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#logic #logic

You were the one who taught me," he said. "I never looked at you without seeing the sweetness of the way the world goes together, or without sorrow for its spoiling. I became a hero to serve you, and all that is like you. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#heroes #sorrow