“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”

“Miss Prism: Do not speak slightingly of the three-volume novel, Cecily. I wrote one myself in earlier days. Cecily: Did you really, Miss Prism? How wonderfully clever you are! I hope it did not end happily? I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much. Miss Prism: The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.”

“I hope it did not end happily? I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much.”

“I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much”

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.”

“It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting”

“All bad art is the result of good intentions.”