You know that place between sleeping and awake, that place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always think of you.
J. M. Barrie Quotes
It is the custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. If you could keep awake (but of course you can’t) you would see your own mother doing this, and you would find it very interesting to watch her. It is quite like tidying up drawers. You would see her on her knees, I expect, lingering humorously over some of your contents, wondering where on earth you had picked this thing up, making discoveries sweet and not so sweet, pressing this to her cheek as if it were as nice as a kitten, and hurriedly stowing that out of sight. When you wake in the morning, the naughtinesses and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind; and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on.
Similar Quotes
The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.
- Thomas Alva EdisonWe are seeing a marked increase in what we used to call adult diseases.
- Aaron CarrelWe can measure valid changes in the in terms of getting an assessment of their fitness lev
- Aaron CarrelMy children are my whole life.
- Kelly LeBrockSo, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not t...
- Marie OsmondComments on: "J. M. Barrie Quotes: It is the custom of every good mother after her children are asleep..."
| Birth: | 9th May, 1860 |
| Death: | 19th June, 1937 |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwright |
About
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.
Share with your friends