“Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night.”

— J. M. Barrie, The Little Minister, Ch. 22 (1891)

About J. M. Barrie

1860 – 1937

Scottish playwright and novelist, creator of "Peter Pan".

“Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.”

“Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?”

“God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.”

“If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.”

“The chief forms of beauty are order and symmetry and definiteness.”

“Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”