171 Quotes by J.M. Barrie

Girls are much too clever to fall out of their prams

Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe's defense, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home

... with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying, "To die will be an awfully big adventure.

The man was wholly evil; he loved flowers (I have been told) and sweet music (he was himself no mean performer on the harpsichord);and let it be frankly admitted, the idyllic nature of the scene stirred him profoundly.

The man was not wholly evil; he loved flowers (I have been told) and sweet music (he was himself no mean performer on the harpsichord); and, let it be frankly admitted, the idyllic nature of the scene stirred him profoundly.

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

I'm not young enough to know everything.

On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.

Nonsense. Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older, and then before you know it, they're grown.