" There are no happy endings,” Cerin told her. “There are no real endings ever—happy or otherwise. We all have our own stories, which are just a part of the one Story that binds both this world and Faerie. Sometimes we step into each others’ stories—perhaps just for a few minutes, perhaps for years—and then we step out of them again. But all the while, the Story just goes on. "

― Charles de Lint , Ghosts of Wind & Shadow (Newford Book 1)