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Most disquieting reflection of all, was it not bad form to think about good form?
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
James Matthew Barrie
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Sir James Matthew Barrie
1st Baronet
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Thus sharply did the terrified three learn the difference between an island of make-believe and the same island come true.
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Years rolled on again, and Wendy had a daughter. This ought not to be written in ink but in a golden splash.
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On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.
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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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The fairies, as their custom, clapped their hands with delight over their cleverness, and they were so madly in love with the little house that they could not bear to think they had finished it.
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In love-making, as in other arts, those who do it best cannot tell how it is done.
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Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their sadness, Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad
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All are keeping a sharp look-out in front, but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind.
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It may have been quixotic, but it was magnificent.
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