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J. M. Barrie Quotes

J. M. Barrie quotes

Scottish Novelist May 9, 1860 – June 19, 1937

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Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. J. M. Barrie
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life. J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie quote: "Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without..."
Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened. J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie quote: "Our life is a book to which we add daily, until suddenly we..."
Our life is a book to which we add daily, until suddenly we are finished, and then the manuscript is burned. J. M. Barrie
Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life. We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but woke is better and was always used by Peter. J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie quote: "Life is a long lesson in humility."
Life is a long lesson in humility. J. M. Barrie
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. J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie quote: "The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write on..."
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write on story, and writes another. J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie quote: "Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to..."
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary? J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie quote: "Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own."
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. J. M. Barrie
So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land! J. M. Barrie
Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents... J. M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (9 May 1860? 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with popularising the name "Wendy", which was very uncommon before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. He was made a member of the... J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie quote: ""She was not a little girl heart-broken about him; she was a..."
"She was not a little girl heart-broken about him; she was a grown woman smiling at it all, but they were wet smiles. J. M. Barrie
Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea; but on the sea one shudder follows another till there are hundreds of them, and Peter felt just the one. Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying, "To die will be an awfully big adventure. J. M. Barrie

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