Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a shor… - J.M. Barrie

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Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them

J.M. Barrie

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Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and dramatist, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. He is most famous as the author of the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.

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