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J.M. Barrie

(1860–1937) Writer

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J.M. Barrie was a writer.

Quick Facts About J.M. Barrie

Born: May 9, 1860
Died: June 19, 1937
Profession: Writer

About J.M. Barrie

[Wikidata] Scottish writer and playwright (1860–1937)... | [Wikipedia] Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to wri

Quotes by J.M. Barrie

“Bringing up the rear, the place of greatest danger, comes Tiger Lily, proudly erect, a princess in her own right. She is…

Danger

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“Some disquieting confessions must be made in printing at last the play of Peter Pan; among them this, that I have no…

Peter pan

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“Do you believe in fairies?...If you believe, clap your hands!”

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“Mr. Darling had a passion for being exactly like his neighbours.”

Passion

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“Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that…

Peter pan

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“Second to the right, and straight on till morning." That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland”

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“You are too late," he cried proudly, "I have shot the Wendy. Peter will be so pleased with me." Overhead Tinker Bell…

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“I must not let him know this, for it would make him conscious, and so break the spell that binds him and…

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“None of them knew. Perhaps it was best not to know. Their ignorance gave them one more glad hour; and as it…

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“Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was…

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“However, as we are here we may as well stay and look on. That is all we are, lookers-on. Nobody really wants…

Hope

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“Peter,' she asked, trying to speak firmly, 'what are your exact feelings for me?' Those of a devoted son, Wendy.' I thought…

Adolescence

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“It was not really Saturday night, at least it may have been, for they had long lost count of the days; but…

Children 's literature

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“For otherwise he would have lost faith in his power to fly, and the moment you doubt whether you can fly, you…

Faith

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“The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him. It is the fairy language. You ordinary children can never hear it, but…

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“I'm youth, I'm joy!" Peter sang out. "I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg." This, of course, was…

Good man

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“It is idle to attempt to overtake a pretty young woman carrying pork chops. I was now determined to be done with…

Young woman

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“What’s your name?’ he asked. ‘Wendy Moira Angela Darling,’ she replied with some satisfaction. ‘What is your name?’ ‘Peter Pan.’ She was…

First time

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“His eyes were the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you,…

Captain-hook

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“Mrs. Darling was married in white, and at first she kept the books perfectly, almost gleefully, as if it were a game,…

Books

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“What if I fall oh but my darling what if you fly”

Fall

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“So with occasional tiffs, but on the whole rollicking, they drew near the Neverland; for after many moons they did reach it,…

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“when there's a smile in your heart, there's no better time to start”

Time

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“POLICEMAN. Good luck. (She finds it easiest just to nod in reply) I wish I was a Prince.”

Good luck

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“I don’t know whether you have ever seen a map of a person’s mind. Doctors sometimes draw maps of other parts of…

Children

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J.M. Barrie by topic

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