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"There ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl."
"Ought to be? Isn't there?"
"No. You see children know such a lot now, they soon don't believe in fairies, and every time a child says, 'I don't believe in fairies,' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead."

— J. M. Barrie Peter and Wendy (1911)

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Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

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

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

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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

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