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Said Quotes by James M. Barrie
- This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and…
- Times have changed since a certain author was executed for murdering his publisher. They say that when the author was on the scaffold he said…
- Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?" Nothing, precious," she said; "they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard…
- Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!" "That," explained Curly, "is…
- For long the two enemies looked at one another, Hook shuddering slightly, and Peter with the strange smile upon his face. "So, Pan," said Hook…
- She's awfully fond of Wendy,' he said to himself. He was angry with her now for not seeing why she could not have Wendy. The…
- Don't have a mother,' he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them…
- She liked his tears so much that she put out her beautiful finger and let them run over it. Her voice was so low that…
- She asked where he lived. Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning.
- The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.
- Second to the right, and straight on till morning.' That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even birds, carrying maps…
- I wasn't crying about mothers," he said rather indignantly. "I was crying because I can't get my shadow to stick on. Besides, I wasn't crying.
- But where do you live mostly now?" With the lost boys." Who are they?" They are the children who fall out of their perambulators when…
- Next year he did not come for her. She waited in a new frock because the old one simply would not meet, but he never…
- What is afraid?' asked Peter longingly. He thought it must be some splendid thing. 'I do wish you would teach me how to be afraid,…
- When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, ‘Who is Tinker Bell?’ ‘O Peter,’ she said,…
- She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his…
- Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him. He was one of those deep ones who…
- Again came that ringing crow, and Peter dropped in front of them. "Greeting, boys," he cried, and mechanically they saluted, and then again was silence.…
- See," he said, "the arrow struck against this. It is the kiss I gave her. It has saved her life.
- No, no," Mr. Darling always said, "I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA." He had had a…
- Some day,' said Smee, 'the clock will run down, and then he'll get you.' Hook wetted his dry lips, 'Aye,' he said, 'that's the fear…
- When ladies used to come to me in dreams, I said, 'Pretty mother, pretty mother.' But when at last she really came, I shot her.
- Love, it is said, is blind, but love is not blind. It is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard.…
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