The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
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If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colours suspended in the darkness; then if you squeeze your eyes tighter, the pool begins to take shape, and the colours become so vivid that with another squeeze they must go on fire
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Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes.
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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.
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Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish time, and then when we have need of special attention we nobly return for it, confident that we shall be rewarded instead of smacked.
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Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents…
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Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all the meanness your youth concealed have been gathering in your face. But the pretty thoughts and sweet ways and dear, forgotten kindnesses linger there also, to bloom in your twilight like evening primroses.
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Birth: | 9th May, 1860 |
Death: | 19th June, 1937 |
Nationality: | Scottish |
Profession: | Novelist, Playwright |
Sir James Matthew Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. He was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He studied at Glasgow Academy, Dumfries Academy, and Edinburgh University. He wrote several novels include: The Little White Bird, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Auld Licht Idyls, When a man's single, The inconsiderate waiter, Two of Them, and Peter and Wendy. He wrote several plays include: Quality Street, The Admirable Crichton, Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, What Every Woman Knows, Dear Brutus, Mary Rose, and The Boy David.
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