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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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Novelist
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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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She adored all beautiful things in their every curve and fragrance, so that they became part of her. Day by day, she gathered beauty had she had no heart (she who was the bosom of womanhood) her thoughts would still have been as lilies, because the good is the beautiful.
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What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be sorry and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.
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I know, I feel, that with the introduction of tobacco England woke up from a long sleep. Suddenly a new zest had been given to life. The glory of existence became a thing to speak of. Men who had hitherto only concerned themselves with the narrow things of home put a pipe into their mouths and became philosophers.
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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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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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Absence makes the heart grow fonder… or forgetful.
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