James Matthew Barrie Quotes

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

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

Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them

Charm. It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.

Ah, Peter, we who have made the great mistake, how differently we should all act at the second chance. But Solomon was right; there is no second chance, not for most of us. When we reach the window it is lock-out time. The iron bars are up for life.

There is almost nothing that has such a keen sense of fun as a fallen leaf.

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 Order of Merit in 1922. Source: Wikipedia

All children, except one, grow up

¡La segunda estrella a la derecha, y directo hacia el amanecer!

Tu vois, Wendy, quand le premier bébé a ri pour la première fois, son rire s'est brisé en mille morceaux qui se sont tous mis à sauter de-ci de-là. Ce fut le début des fées.

In a word, the handsomest man I have ever seen, though, at the same time, perhaps slightly disgusting. " - Captain Hook at Eton

In honor and memory of the one who taught us the importance of a happy thought. James Matthew Barrie May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937

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

He was thrilled, and he loved being thrilled.

All children, except one, grow up.

«La finestra dalla quale sono volato via sarà certamente aperta. La mamma la lascerà sempre aperta, nella speranza che io ritorni».
 «Come fai a saperlo?» gli chiesero, stupite; e Peter non seppe spiegare come lo sapeva.
 «Lo so, e basta» rispose.


Wendy," he continued, in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys." Now Wendy was every inch a woman, though there were not very many inches, and she peeped out of the bed-clothes. "Do you really think so, Peter?" "Yes, I do.

It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.  James Matthew Barrie

Life is a long lesson in humility.  Sir James Matthew Barrie

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