Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
James M. BarrieThe difference between him and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe, while to hime make-believe and true were exactly the same thing. This sometimes troubled them, as when they had to make-believe that they had had their dinners.
James M. BarrieAfter a time he fell asleep, and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy.
James M. BarrieThe gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.
James M. BarrieOh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad; But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their sadness, Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad
James M. BarrieThe praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's eyes as she looks at us is about the most pathetic thing a man has to face, but he would be a devil altogether if it did not burn some of the sin out of him.
James M. Barrie