378 Quotes by James M. Barrie

Our life is a book to which we add daily, until suddenly we are finished, and then the manuscript is burned.

One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon.

Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.

I think one remains the same person throughout, merely passing, as it were, i these lapses of time from one room to another, but all in the same house.

When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.

He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.

He was never more sinister than when he was most polite...

It may have been quixotic, but it was magnificent.

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.