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I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.
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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Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again.
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It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. Some women, the few, have charm for all and most have charm for one. But some have charm for none.
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They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.
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The man of science appears to be the only man who has something to say just now, and the only man who does not know how to say it.
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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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Will they reach the nursery in time? If so, how delightful for them, and we shall all breathe a sigh of relief, but there will be no story. On the other hand, if they are not in time, I solemnly promise that it will all come right in the end.
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