The quotations of

J. M. Barrie

Scottish writer and playwright

1860–1937

25 quotes, most often on Children, Youth and Faith.

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), Ch. 1: The Love-Light
- Beauty
- Youth
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 Pan (1911), Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 17In context
- Children
Two is the beginning of the end.
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIn context
- Age
- Children
Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIn context
- Children
- Comedy
‘Second to the right,’ said Peter, ‘and then straight on till morning.’
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
‘How clever I am,’ he crowed rapturously, ‘oh, the cleverness of me!’
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Comedy
- Pride
‘I don’t want ever to be a man,’ he said with passion. ‘I want always to be a little boy and to have fun. So I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long long time among the fairies.
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Children
- Youth
‘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.
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Children
- Faith
‘To die will be an awfully big adventure.’
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter VIIIIn context
- Life & Death
When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.
Peter Pan (1911), Chapter XVIIIn context
- Children
- Laughter

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