So what's the point, then, if we can't be happy? Why are we doing any of this?""Oh, there's definitely happiness," Jack said, turning his back on the ocean and looking at her. "But it's just about moments, not ever-afters." He grinned. "Like when you're right in the middle of the ocean with your friends, with no one trying to kill you in any kind of horrifying way. You have to appreciate these moments when they happen, 'cause obviously we don't get many of them.

This was all such a waste of time, and after that last fight with what was apparently supposed to be a troll, his arm really hurt.

Once upon a time, Jack wouldn't have been caught dead in a princess rescue.

Jack turned red,"I kinda let a princess die."His grandfather groaned. "You do realize that's not a good thing to do, right?" the old man asked."So I'm told.