J. M. Barrie
Title: Sir James Matthew Barrie
Full Name: James Matthew Barrie
Birthdate: May 9, 1860
Birthplace: Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: June 19, 1937
Occupation: Author
Profile: Best known for
Peter Pan. Became a baronet in 1913.
Website: http://www.jmbarrie.net/
Number of Quotes: 34
A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for
anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
Margaret Ogilvy (1896).
All children, except one, grow up.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.
Peter and Wendy (1911) - Modern adaptation.
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
Rectorial address at St. Andrews University, titled Courage
(1922).
Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
Peter Pan (1904).
Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
Every man who is high up loves to feel that he has done it himself; and the wife
smiles, and let's it go at that. It's our only joke. Every woman knows that.
What Every Woman Knows (1908).
Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies,
there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead
Peter and Wendy (1911).
Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
Margaret Ogilvy (1896).
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
Rectorial address at St. Andrews University, titled Courage
(1922).
I'm not young enough to know everything.
The Admirable Crichton (1902).
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
What Every Woman Knows (1908).
It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.
What Every Woman Knows (1908).
Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
The Little Minister (1891).
Life is a long lesson in humility.
The Little Minister (1891).
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Rectorial address at St. Andrews University, titled Courage
(1922).
Never is an awfully long time.
Peter Pan (1904).
Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
Second to the right, and straight on till morning.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
The Little White Bird (1902).
Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look on forever.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
Quality Street (1901).
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another;
and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
The Little White Bird (1902).
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.
Peter Pan (1904) - Modern adaptation.
The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.
The Little White Bird (1902).
There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
What Every Woman Knows (1908).
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
The Little Minister (1891).
To die would be an awfully big adventure.
Peter Pan (1904) and Peter and Wendy (1911).
To live will be an awfully big adventure.
Peter Pan (1904) - Modern adaptation.
When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand
pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906).
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.
Dear Brutus (1917).
You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a
thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
Peter and Wendy (1911).
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