James M. Barrie
James M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OMwas a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth9 May 1860
James M. Barrie quotes about
loves unhappy
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
scotland sight world
There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
neverland happened happens
All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.
responsible said darling
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 classical education.
neverland crocodiles chasing
I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.
explanation loathe
I do loathe explanations.
kinder
Always be a littler kinder than necessary.
prepared dies
Those who are prepared to die are most prepared to live.
cheer-up dust needs
All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!
cleverness
Oh, the cleverness of me!
colour astonishing
astonishing splashes of colour
neverland i-am-the-best
I am the best there ever was!
fairy feels
David tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.
mother-daughter mother-and-daughter my-daughter
Fame is rot; daughters are the thing.