“Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree that nothing about marriage is forever happy. There are moments of bliss, to be sure, and lengthy spans of satisfied companionship. Yet these come at no small effort, and the girl who reads such fiction dreaming her troubles will end ere she departs the altar is well advised to seek at once a rational women to set her straight.” WellsEndsMomentsDreamSeemsGirlEffortFictionKnownForeverTroubleCoupleAgreeSatisfiedTalesRationalBlissPhrasesFairyFairy TaleCompanionshipAltarsHappily Ever AfterEver AfterBlandLengthyLiving Happily Ever AfterHappy Ever AfterSmall Efforts Book:Princess Ben Source: Princess Ben
“I’d promised myself that I’d really work on talking more, talking about uncomfortable things, because I could see from Brian how well things could work out if you did.” IfsWellsTalkingWork OutUncomfortableBrian Book:The Off Season Source: The Off Season
“Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.” ThinkingWellsI CanSometimesStuffFiveDumbDairy Queen Book:Dairy Queen Source: Dairy Queen
