J.M. Barrie Quotes

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. (“Peter Pan”)

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

She was a large woman who seemed not so much dressed as upholstered.

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

“No doubt, but I have an uneasy feeling at times that she looks upon the children as puppies.” – “Oh no, dear one, I feel sure she knows they have souls.”

Mrs. Darling loved to have everything just so, and Mr. Darling had a passion for being exactly like his neighbors; so, of course, they had a nurse. As they were poor, owing to the amount of milk the children drank, this nurse was a prim Newfoundland dog, called Nana, who had belonged to no one […]

Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

It’s grand, and ye canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable.