“I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.”

— J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, Act V (1904)

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.”

“Happiness was born a twin.”

“With rebellion, awareness is born.”

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”

“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills.”

“That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”