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J. M. Barrie — Portrait after a picture by Herbert Rose Barraud (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

J. M. Barrie

Scottish writer and playwright

1860–1937

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

I am not young enough to know everything.
Often credited to Oscar Wilde
- Youth
I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
Peter Pan (1904), Act V
- Happiness
- Youth
All children, except one, grow up.
Peter Pan (1911), Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 1In context
- Children
- Youth
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
‘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

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