There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was staring in at the window. He had ecstasies innum… - J.M. Barrie

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There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was staring in at the window. He had ecstasies innumerable that other children can never know; but he was looking through the window at the one joy from which he must be for ever barred.

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About J.M. Barrie

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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Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again.
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On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.

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