God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
J.M. Barrie
- Life
- 1860-1937
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, playwright
- Notable works
- The Little White Bird, Peter Pan, The Little Minister
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I am not young enough to know everything.
J.M. Barrie
It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
J.M. Barrie
I write plays for people who wouldn’t be seen dead in the theatre.
J.M. Barrie
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
J.M. Barrie
One’s religion is whatever he is most interested in, and yours is Success.
J.M. Barrie
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
J.M. Barrie
We are all failures - at least, the best of us are.
J.M. Barrie
We are all failures'at least, all the best of us are. Rectorial address, May 3, 1922, St. Andrew's University, Scotland.
J.M. Barrie
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.
J.M. Barrie