The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds? — James M. Barrie Copy Share
We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves… — James M. Barrie Copy Share
Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children. — James M. Barrie Copy Share
Because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies… — James M. Barrie Copy Share
Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. — James M. Barrie Copy Share
Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their… — James M. Barrie Copy Share
It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have… — James M. Barrie Copy Share
If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up!… — James M. Barrie Copy Share
He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself. — James M. Barrie Copy Share
