I think there's a happy ending for everyone. But I don't think these endings always follow the last page of a book, or that everyone is guaranteed to find their happily ever after. Happy endings can be caught, but they are difficult to hold on to. They are dreams that want to escape the night. They are treasure with wings. They are wild, feral, reckless things that need to be constantly chased, or they will run away.
-- Liana Fox (Chapter 4)

Importance: In Liana Fox's insightful words to her young daughter Evangeline, she imparts a nuanced perspective on the elusive nature of happy endings. The metaphorical richness embedded in her description paints a vivid picture of the transient and capricious quality of happiness. By likening happy endings to dreams that "want to escape the night" and treasure with wings, Liana conveys the ethereal and fleeting essence of joy. The notion that happy endings need to...