James M. Barrie Believe Quotations

Thus did the terrified three learn the difference between an island of make-believe and the same island come true.

..children know such a lot now, they soon don't believe in fairies, and every time a child says, 'I don't believe in fairies,' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and recriminations, the noise, as Wendy said, was positively deafening.

I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!

If he thought at all, but I don't believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water...

The difference between him and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe, while to hime make-believe and true were exactly the same thing. This sometimes troubled them, as when they had to make-believe that they had had their dinners.

Every time you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies.

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!

Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

Every time a child says, ''I don't believe in fairies,'' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.