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I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.
James M. Barrie
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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
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the United States of America
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The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's eyes as she looks at us is about the most pathetic thing a man has to face, but he would be a devil altogether if it did not burn some of the sin out of him.
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What is afraid?' asked Peter longingly. He thought it must be some splendid thing. 'I do wish you would teach me how to be afraid, Maimie,' he said.
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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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David tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.
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When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.
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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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You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas.
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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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We have a right to know the truth no right to ask anything else from God, but the right to know that.
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They have long lost count of the days, but always if they want to do anything special they say this is saturday night, and then they do it.
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I've sometimes thought . . . that the difference between us and the English is that the Scotch are hard in all other respects but soft with women, and the English are hard with women but soft in all other respects.
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As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.
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