His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. – James M. Barrie
Every time a child says I don’t believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. – James M. Barrie
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. – James M. Barrie
Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands! – James M. Barrie
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. – James M. Barrie
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? – James M. Barrie
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life. – James M. Barrie
