The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write… - J.M. Barrie

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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

J.M. Barrie

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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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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.

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In time they could not even fly after their hats. Want of practice, they called it; but what it really meant was that they no longer believed.

"Build a house?" exclaimed John.

"For the Wendy," said Curly.

"For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!"

"That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants."

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

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