"But that's the way it works in fairy tales, too, isn't it? 
Something always goes wrong, or there wouldn't be a story. 
You have to be strong, you have to earn your happily ever after."

-From Dreams Underfoot  by Charles de Lint

“Of course the whole story is beautiful, but I believe that fairy tales are supposed to have a lesson at the end ...  and in this one (it’s) the idea that we  try as best as we can. 

And we absolutely should! Not letting people off the hook. We do have to do our best. But we do have to be prepared for unintended consequences that come both in life and in fairy tales.” - Simone Rodrigue

When Simone first read Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint as a teenager in 1994, she was captivated by all the magic that occurs in the story.  She still finds herself going back to re-read this quote regularly and finds its meaning grows deeper as time passes.