A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write othe…

E. M. Forster
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A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood. ✨ To a Happier Year by Peter Fulham, www.newyorker.com. June 26, 2013.
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