In time they could not even fly after their hats. Want of practice, they called it; but what it really meant was that they no longer believed.
James M. BarrieOh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.
James M. Barrie..children know such a lot now, they soon don't believe in fairies, and every time a child says, 'I don't believe in fairies,' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
James M. Barrie