“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”

— J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, Act III (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.”

“Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.”

“No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.”

“A witticism is an epigram on the death of a feeling.”

“God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real.”

“A living dog is better than a dead lion.”

“Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.”