Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels
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“Them that has china plates themsel's is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others”
“Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow”
“A loving wife is better than making 50 in cricket, or even 99, beyond that I will not go.”
Source: The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)
“All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title.”
Source: The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)
“In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling any faggot rather than let the fire go out.”
Source: Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)
Source: My Best Plays (Annotated Edition)
“Have you noticed that many jewels make women either incredibly fat or incredibly thin?”
“Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.”
“Life is a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink the sooner we reach the dregs.”
Source: My Best Plays (Annotated Edition)
“Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night.”
“I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.”
“I don’t want to go to school and learn solemn things. I don’t want to be a man.”
Source: Peter Pan (小飛俠彼得潘)
Source: My Lady Nicotine - A Study in Smoke (Annotated Edition)
Source: Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)
“That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.”
“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
“Life is a long lesson in humility.”
Source: The Little Minister (Illustrated Edition)
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.”
“Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.”
Source: The Little Minister (Illustrated Edition)
“A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.”
Source: Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)
Source: The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)
“The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.”
“Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!”
“Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.”
Source: The Little Minister (Illustrated Edition)
“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.”
“The useless men are those who never change with the years.”
“I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.”
“Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.”
“The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.”
“There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.”