James M. Barrie
James M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OMwas a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth9 May 1860
children heaven littles
The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.
long bells littles
When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, ‘Who is Tinker Bell?’ ‘O Peter,’ she said, shocked; but even when she explained he could not remember. ‘There are such a lot of them,’ he said. ‘I expect she is no more.’ I expect he was right, for fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them.
stars breathing littles
A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in.
littles peter cleverness
Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me. Wendy: Of course, I did nothing... Peter: You did a little. Wendy: Oh, the cleverness of you.
long littles fairy
Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them
kindness littles milk
He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.
believe child fairy falls somewhere time
Every time a child says, ''I don't believe in fairies,'' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
loves unhappy
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
believe fairies fairy falls says somewhere time
Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
best
We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.
lets likes man
Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
work
It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
revenge opponents conflict
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
death dying best-place
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.