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J. M. Barrie Quotes

1860–1937 Scotland

Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and dramatist, more commonly known as J. M.

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Also known as: Barrie, J. M., J.M. Barrie, Margaret Ogilvy

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To look upon you was to rejoice that so fair a thing could be; to think of you is still to be young.

The Little Minister (1891)

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)

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

Margaret Ogilvy (1897)

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled (1917)

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing known for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children.

The Little White Bird (1902)

When Margaret grows up she will have a daughter, who is to be Peter's mother in turn; and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.

Peter and Wendy (1911)

All children, except one, grow up.

Peter and Wendy (1911)

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)

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

Peter Pan (1904)

I'm not young enough to know everything.

The Admirable Crichton (1903)

Occasionally in her travels through her children's minds Mrs. Darling found things she could not understand, and of these quite the most perplexing was the word Peter.

Peter and Wendy (1911)

Whenever a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there's a little fairy somewhere that falls right down dead.

Peter Pan (1904)

Your heart is as fresh as your face; and that is well. The useless men are those who never change with the years.

The Little Minister (1891)

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.

The Admirable Crichton (1903)

Every time a child says "I don’t believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

What Every Woman Knows (1908)

I just want always to be a little boy and have fun.

Peter Pan (1904)

One's religion is whatever he is most interested in, and yours is Success.

The Twelve-Pound Look (1910)

You just think lovely wonderful thoughts and they lift you up in the air.

Peter Pan (1904)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: J. M. Barrie (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.