J.M. Barrie Quotes

Build a house?" exclaimed John."For the Wendy, " said Curly."For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!""That, " explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.

She asked where he lived. Second to the right, ' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning.

I can't come, ' she said apologetically, 'I have forgotten how to fly.''I'll soon teach you again.''O Peter, don't waste the fairy dust on me.

Ambition: it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage

Pan, who and what art thou?" he cried huskily."I'm youth, I'm joy, " Peter answered at a venture, "I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

He did not alarm her, for she thought she had seen him before in the faces of many women who have no children. Perhaps he is to be found in the faces of some mothers also.

When bad things happen or you don't get your own way, if you can open your heart to compassion instead of shunting it down in anger, you're going to create more light.

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

Good form without knowing it is the best form of all.

He was top-heavy with conceit.

She says she glories in being abandoned

POLICEMAN. Good luck. (She finds it easiest just to nod in reply) I wish I was a Prince.

Nonsense. Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older, and then before you know it, they're grown.

See, " he said, "the arrow struck against this. It is the kiss I gave her. It has saved her life.

He was so much the humblest one that Wendy was especially gentle with him.

If you knew how great is a mother's love, you would have no fear.

Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

I wasn't crying about mothers, " he said rather indignantly. "I was crying because I can't get my shadow to stick on. Besides, I wasn't crying.

Life is like a cup of coffee: The more avidly you drink of it, the sooner you reach the dregs.

Courage is the lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

When the first baby laughed for the first time the laugh broke into a million pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one has to do.

Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Heaven for climate hell for company.

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one does.

God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.

God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.

"Oh God if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once." It is the commonest prayer in all languages.

God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.

You see dear it is not true that woman was made from man's rib she was really made from his funny bone.

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

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.