…it was like an examination paper that asks grammar, when what you want to be asked is Kings of England.
JAMES M. BARRIENever say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
More James M. Barrie Quotes
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But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.
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A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
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So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land!
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There is a saying in the Neverland that,every time you breathe, a grown-up dies.
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Them that has china plates themsel’s is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others
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For when you looked into my mother’s eyes you knew, as if He had told you, why God sent her into the world – it was to open then minds of all who looked to beautiful thoughts. And that is the beginning and end of literature.
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Always try to be a litle kinder than necessary.
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder… or forgetful.
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Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough.
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She asked where he lived. Second to the right,’ said Peter, ‘and then straight on till morning.
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Facts were never pleasing to him. He acquired them with reluctance and got rid of them with relief. He was never on terms with them until he had stood them on their heads.
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Boy, why are you crying?
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I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.
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How shall we ever know if it’s morning if there’s no servant to pull up the blinds?
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Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God’s critters tempting decent men.
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