J. M. Barrie idézet
J. M. Barrie
Születési dátum: 9. május 1860
Halál dátuma: 19. június 1937
Más nevek: Джеймс Мэтью Барри
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM skót író.
Idézetek J. M. Barrie
„Do you believe in fairies?... If you believe, clap your hands!“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv Peter Pan
Act IV
Peter Pan (1904)
„"Why can't you fly now, mother?"
"Because I am grown up, dearest. When people grow up they forget the way."
"Why do they forget the way?"
"Because they are no longer gay and innocent and heartless. It is only the gay and innocent and heartless who can fly."“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv Peter Pan
Forrás: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 17
„Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv The Little White Bird
Forrás: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 22
„We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv Margaret Ogilvy
Forrás: Margaret Ogilvy (1897), Ch. 8
„Oh, it's — it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. Some women, the few, have charm for all; and most have charm for one. But some have charm for none.“
— J. M. Barrie, What Every Woman Knows
Act I
What Every Woman Knows (1908)
„"In twenty years," I said, smiling at her tears, "a man grows humble, Mary. I have stored within me a great fund of affection, with nobody to give it to, and I swear to you, on the word of a soldier, that if there is one of those ladies who can be got to care for me I shall be very proud." Despite her semblance of delight I knew that she was wondering at me, and I wondered at myself, but it was true.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv The Little White Bird
Forrás: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 26
„All children, except one, grow up.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv Peter Pan
Forrás: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 1
Kontextus: All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
„Sometimes the little boy who calls me father brings me an invitation from his mother: "I shall be so pleased if you will come and see me," and I always reply in some such words as these: "Dear madam, I decline."“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv The Little White Bird
And if David asks why I decline, I explain that it is because I have no desire to meet the woman.
"Come this time, father," he urged lately, "for it is her birthday, and she is twenty-six," which is so great an age to David, that I think he fears she cannot last much longer.
Forrás: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 1
„Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv Peter Pan
Forrás: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 17
Kontextus: The last thing he ever said to me was, "Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing."
„When Margaret grows up she will have a daughter, who is to be Peter's mother in turn; and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv Peter Pan
Forrás: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 17
Kontextus: As you look at Wendy, you may see her hair becoming white, and her figure little again, for all this happened long ago. Jane is now a common grown-up, with a daughter called Margaret; and every spring cleaning time, except when he forgets, Peter comes for Margaret and takes her to the Neverland, where she tells him stories about himself, to which he listens eagerly. When Margaret grows up she will have a daughter, who is to be Peter's mother in turn; and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.
„Of course, it also shows that Peter is ever so old, but he is really always the same age, so that does not matter in the least.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv The Little White Bird
Forrás: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 14
Kontextus: If you ask your mother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a little girl she will say, "Why, of course, I did, child," and if you ask her whether he rode on a goat in those days she will say, "What a foolish question to ask; certainly he did." Then if you ask your grandmother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a girl, she also says, "Why, of course, I did, child," but if you ask her whether he rode on a goat in those days, she says she never heard of his having a goat. Perhaps she has forgotten, just as she sometimes forgets your name and calls you Mildred, which is your mother's name. Still, she could hardly forget such an important thing as the goat. Therefore there was no goat when your grandmother was a little girl. This shows that, in telling the story of Peter Pan, to begin with the goat (as most people do) is as silly as to put on your jacket before your vest.
Of course, it also shows that Peter is ever so old, but he is really always the same age, so that does not matter in the least.
„If you ask your mother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a little girl she will say, "Why, of course, I did, child," and if you ask her whether he rode on a goat in those days she will say, "What a foolish question to ask; certainly he did."“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv The Little White Bird
Then if you ask your grandmother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a girl, she also says, "Why, of course, I did, child," but if you ask her whether he rode on a goat in those days, she says she never heard of his having a goat. Perhaps she has forgotten, just as she sometimes forgets your name and calls you Mildred, which is your mother's name. Still, she could hardly forget such an important thing as the goat. Therefore there was no goat when your grandmother was a little girl. This shows that, in telling the story of Peter Pan, to begin with the goat (as most people do) is as silly as to put on your jacket before your vest.
Of course, it also shows that Peter is ever so old, but he is really always the same age, so that does not matter in the least.
Forrás: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 14
„Occasionally in her travels through her children's minds Mrs. Darling found things she could not understand, and of these quite the most perplexing was the word Peter.“
— J. M. Barrie, könyv Peter Pan
Forrás: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 1
Kontextus: Occasionally in her travels through her children's minds Mrs. Darling found things she could not understand, and of these quite the most perplexing was the word Peter. She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs. Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
"Yes, he is rather cocky," Wendy admitted with regret. Her mother had been questioning her.
„To look upon you was to rejoice that so fair a thing could be; to think of you is still to be young.“
Forrás: The Little Minister (1891), Ch. 1 : The Love-Light
Kontextus: The gladness of living was in your step, your voice was melody, and he was wondering what love might be.
You were the daughter of a summer night, born where all the birds are free, and the moon christened you with her soft light to dazzle the eyes of man. Not our little minister alone was stricken by you into his second childhood. To look upon you was to rejoice that so fair a thing could be; to think of you is still to be young.
