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but I dared not tell him my suspicions, for he suspected also and his gentle heart would have mourned had I confirmed his fears. The
— J.M. Barrie
They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.
— J.M. Barrie
It's easier to make something happen when you're already in motion.
— Barrie Dolnick
to have faith is to have wings. Now,
— J.M. Barrie
I think it's perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls ...
— James M. Barrie
After a time he fell asleep, and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy.
— J.M. Barrie
Them that has china plates themsel's is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others
— James M. Barrie
In love-making, as in other arts, those who do it best cannot tell how it is done.
— James M. Barrie
He (Captain Hook) was never more sinister than when he was most polite, which is probably the truest test of breeding.
— J.M. Barrie
No matter how hard we try to be mature, we will always be a kid when we all get hurt and cry
— J.M. Barrie
You just think lovely wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air.
— J.M. Barrie
Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
— James M. Barrie
Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.
— James M. Barrie
Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look on forever.
— J.M. Barrie
If it's meant to be, it will be.
— J.M. Barrie
Second to the right, and straight on till morning.
That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland — J.M. Barrie
That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland — J.M. Barrie
Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
— J.M. Barrie
Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened.
— James M. Barrie
Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.
— James M. Barrie
The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.
— James M. Barrie
POLICEMAN. Good luck. (She finds it easiest just to nod in reply) I wish I was a Prince.
— J.M. Barrie
You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was made from his funny bone.
— James M. Barrie
Life is like a cup of coffee: The more avidly you drink of it, the sooner you reach the dregs.
— J.M. Barrie
Some day,' said Smee, 'the clock will run down, and then he'll get you.'
Hook wetted his dry lips, 'Aye,' he said, 'that's the fear that haunts me. — J.M. Barrie
Hook wetted his dry lips, 'Aye,' he said, 'that's the fear that haunts me. — J.M. Barrie
Whenever a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there's a little fairy somewhere that falls right down dead
— J.M. Barrie
How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds?
— James M. Barrie
She asked where he lived.
Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning. — J.M. Barrie
Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning. — J.M. Barrie
You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there's always someone who wants to destroy it.
— James M. Barrie
'The Admirable Crichton' is probably Barrie's most famous work after 'Peter Pan', nearly a pendant to that classic.
— Michael Dirda
One's religion is whatever he is most interested in.
— James M. Barrie
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.
— James M. Barrie
A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in.
— J.M. Barrie
Wall-flower juice is good for reviving dancers who fall to the ground in a fit, and Solomon's Seals juice is for bruises. They bruise very easily
— J.M. Barrie
Two is the beginning of the end.
— J.M. Barrie
Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.
— J.M. Barrie
The pirates, listening avidly at the mouths of the trees, heard the question put by every boy, and alas, they also heard Peter's answer.
— J.M. Barrie
If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.
— J.M. Barrie
All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!
— James M. Barrie
One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon.
— J.M. Barrie
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
— James M. Barrie
Wendy: Sir, you are both ungallant and deficient! Peter: How am I deficient? Wendy: You're just a boy.
— James M. Barrie
The man of science appears to be the only man who has something to say just now, and the only man who does not know how to say it.
— James M. Barrie
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
— James M. Barrie
All children, except one, grow up.
— J.M. Barrie
One girl is worth more use than 20 boys.
— James M. Barrie
They knew in what they called their hearts that one can get on quite well without a mother, and that it is only the mothers who think you can't.
— J.M. Barrie
I'm not young enough to know everything.
— J.M. Barrie
Mrs. Darling's kiss with him. The kiss that had been for no one else Peter took quite easily. Funny.
— J.M. Barrie
The most haunting time at which to see them is at the turn of the moon, when they utter strange wailing cries; but the lagoon is dangerous for mortals
— J.M. Barrie
Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men.
— James M. Barrie
Wendy," Peter Pan continued in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys.
— J.M. Barrie
It was dreadful the way all the three were looking at him, just as if they did not admire him.
— J.M. Barrie
You must see for yourselves that it will be difficult to follow Peter Pan's adventures unless you are familiar with the Kensington Gardens.
— J.M. Barrie
As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.
— James M. Barrie
He looked at her uncomfortably; blinking, you know, like one not sure whether he was awake or asleep.
— J.M. Barrie
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
— James M. Barrie
Thus did the terrified three learn the difference between an island of make-believe and the same island come true.
— J.M. Barrie
A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
— James M. Barrie
There was a commotion in the firmament, and the smallest of all the stars in the Milky Way screamed out: Now, Peter!
— J.M. Barrie
When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.
— James M. Barrie
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
— J.M. Barrie
We'll explain the appeal of curling to you if you explain the appeal of the National Rifle Association to us.
— Andy Barrie
He was so fond of her, he felt he could not live without her. "She will forget her mother in time, and be happy with me," he kept saying to himself,
— J.M. Barrie
We are all failures at least, all the best of us are.
— James M. Barrie
They will find the cake and they will gobble it up, because, having no mother, they don't know how dangerous 'tis to eat rich damp cake.
— J.M. Barrie
We have a right to know the truth; no right to ask anything else from God, but the right to know that.
— James M. Barrie
I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!
— J.M. Barrie
Why, what is the matter, father dear?' 'Matter!' he yelled; he really yelled. 'This tie, it will not tie.
— J.M. Barrie
John and Michael raced, Michael getting a start.
— J.M. Barrie
What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will.
— James M. Barrie
Heaven for climate, Hell for company.
— James M. Barrie
May God blast anyone who writes a biography of me.
— James M. Barrie
Always be a littler kinder than necessary.
— James M. Barrie
You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas.
— James M. Barrie
Those who aim low usually hit their targets.
— James M. Barrie