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All children, except one, grow up.
James M. Barrie
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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
Journalist
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the United States of America
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Sir James Matthew Barrie
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His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.
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Nobody really wants us. So let us watch and say jaggy things, in the hope that some of them will hurt.
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Oh, the cleverness of me!
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Our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time.
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