For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.

Quote by James M Barrie

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Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else. If you don't...

If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else. If you don't...

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of...

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of...

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a...

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a...

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your...

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your...

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing...

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing...

We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.

We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy...

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy...

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

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

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