Barrie Quotes

“A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.”

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”

“David tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.”

“The door', replied Maimie, 'will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me.”

“It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children.”

“See," he said, "the arrow struck against this. It is the kiss I gave her. It has saved her life.”

“When bad things happen or you don't get your own way, if you can open your heart to compassion instead of shunting it down in anger, you're going to create more light.”

“We keep waiting for that amazing thing to happen in the future that will be the key to our happiness. But this is it. Right now. Life continues to be a series of right nows. So learn to love right now, and you’ll have an amazing life.”

“'The Admirable Crichton' is probably Barrie's most famous work after 'Peter Pan', nearly a pendant to that classic.”