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.
JAMES M. BARRIEFacts 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.
More James M. Barrie Quotes
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I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.
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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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A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
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If I were younger, I’d know more.
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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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Always try to be a litle kinder than necessary.
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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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Them that has china plates themsel’s is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others
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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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There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
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Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
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Boy, why are you crying?
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Children have the strangest adventures without being troubled by them. For instance, they may remember to mention, a week after the event happened, that when they were in the wood they had met their dead father and had a game with him.
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The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.
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