378 Quotes by James M. Barrie

David tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.

The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era..

We are all failures - at least the best of us are.

Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.

I am aware that those hateful persons called Original Researchers now maintain that Raleigh was not the man; but to them I turn a deaf ear.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time...

The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's eyes as she looks at us is about the most pathetic thing a man has to face, but he would be a devil altogether if it did not burn some of the sin out of him.

How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds?