The quotations of

J. M. Barrie

Scottish writer and playwright

1860–1937

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

It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing known for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children.
The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 16
- Children
You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
Peter Pan (1911), Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 3In context
- Children
- Laughter
All children, except one, grow up.
Peter Pan (1911), Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 1In context
- Children
- 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
‘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
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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