Quotes from barrie j m iii

The very smell of tobacco is abominable, for one cannot get it out of the curtains, and there is little pleasure in existence unless the curtains are all right.

Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.

I do loathe explanations.

My moments are numbered; and if I would expose him with my dying sigh, I must not sentimentalize over my own decay.

The gladness of living was in your step, your voice was melody, and he was wondering what love might be.

The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them.

The moment one takes to bed he gets sympathy. He may be suffering from a tearing headache or a tooth that makes him cry out; but if he goes about his business, or even flops in a chair, true sympathy is denied him.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

I never had a man nor a son nor anything. I just call myself Missis to give me a standing.

Do you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.

Most literary people die of starvation.

You just think lovely wonderful thoughts and they lift you up in the air.