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. BARRIEBoy, why are you crying?
More James M. Barrie Quotes
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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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I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.
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…it was like an examination paper that asks grammar, when what you want to be asked is Kings of England.
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She was a large woman who seemed not so much dressed as upholstered.
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…and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.
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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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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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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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How shall we ever know if it’s morning if there’s no servant to pull up the blinds?
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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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Boy, why are you crying?
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Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
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If I were younger, I’d know more.
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