A candle and flowers sit on a small table beside a cushioned chair beneath an open window with a billowing sheer curtain.

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Henry

I have not slept for fear I would wake and find this but a dream.

— Ever After • 1998

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Henry expresses a tender disbelief at his own happiness, so afraid the moment might vanish that he stays awake to hold onto it, treating joy as something fragile enough to be lost the instant he closes his eyes.

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