“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, book The Little White Bird

Source: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 22

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Scottish writer 1860–1937

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