Every man who is high up likes to think he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. It's our only joke. Every woman knows that.
James M. BarrieThe door', replied Maimie, 'will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me.
James M. BarrieOur heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time.
James M. BarrieWendy: Sir, you are both ungallant and deficient! Peter: How am I deficient? Wendy: You're just a boy.
James M. BarrieShe was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.
James M. Barrie