With the buck before me suspended in immobility, there seems to be time for all things, time even to turn my gaze inward and see what it is that has robbed the hunt of its savour: the sense that this has become no longer a morning's hunting but an occasion on which either the proud ram bleeds to death on the ice or the old hunter misses his aim; that for the duration of this frozen moment the stars are locked in a configuration in which events are not themselves but stand for other things.
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Her romantic mind was li... J.M. BARRIE If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colo... J.M. BARRIE There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was... J.M. BARRIE The distinctive crimes of this generation are crimes of subtlety and finesse. —ALEXANDER S. ... J.M. CARLISLE Alan shrugged. “I love the CBC, really, but being voted its president—” “Co-president,” Sp... J.M. RICHARDS Lewis exasperated her, always talking about life before the Plague and how it would be if everything... J.M. SULLIVAN Who are you?” he asked, in a bewildered tone. I cocked my head at him, totally baffled. “I told ... J.M. RICHARDS I wouldn’t joke if you weren’t always patching me up,” Davin retorted. He looked at Chad again... J.M. RICHARDS It’s so peaceful. I could go to sleep in here.” His eyes flickered to me once more, and for a di... J.M. RICHARDS The only ghosts, I believe, who creep into this world, are dead young mothers, returned to see... J.M. BARRIE Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open ... J.M. BARRIE Surely a spirited old lady may be the prettiest sight in the world. J.M. BARRIE It is idle to attempt to overtake a pretty young woman carrying pork chops. I was now determined to ... J.M. BARRIE When you were a bird you knew the fairies pretty well, and you remember a good deal about them in yo... J.M. BARRIE Life and death, the child and the mother, are ever meeting as the one draws into harbour and the oth... J.M. BARRIE It is glorious fun racing down the Hump, but you can't do it on windy days because then you are not ... J.M. BARRIE Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open ... J.M. BARRIE This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat 'round the board guzzling in their greed; ... J.M. BARRIE she’d rather sacrifice herself than him suffer a single moment because of her existence. J.M. DARHOWER You fix what's broken, not what's lost. He's gone. You can't fix that. You can't bring him back. But... J.M. DARHOWER Do not think to swim below. The ocean is already pushing into ears, sinuses, temples, the softness o... J.M. LEDGARD The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. J.M. BARRIE When you're mortal, life is nothing more than a drawn-out game of Russian Roulette. Every moment is ... J.M. DARHOWER He turned to leave when arms suddenly wrapped around him from behind, stalling him. Sighing, he clos... J.M. DARHOWER He once envied the humans because they were given the Earth, but looking at her, he wondered if mayb... J.M. DARHOWER Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary. J.M. BARRIE Of course Neverland had been make-believe in those days; but it was real now, and there were no nigh... J.M. BARRIE You are too late," he cried proudly, "I have shot the Wendy. Peter will be so pleased with me." J.M. BARRIE We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more. J.M. BARRIE Again came that ringing crow, and Peter dropped in front of them. "Greeting, boys," he cried, and me... J.M. BARRIE See," he said, "the arrow struck against this. It is the kiss I gave her. It has saved her life. J.M. BARRIE he decided to appeal to the fairies for enlightenment. They are reputed to know a good deal. J.M. BARRIE Thus, when you cry out, 'Greedy! Greedy!' to the bird that flies away with the big crust, you k... J.M. BARRIE All children, except one, grow up J.M. BARRIE For otherwise he would have lost faith in his power to fly, and the moment you doubt whether yo... J.M. BARRIE No fue el dolor, sino lo injusto del asunto, lo que atontó a Peter. Lo dejó impotent... J.M. BARRIE Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night J.M. BARRIE I suddenly felt the way Cinderella might have felt if she hadn’t had that convenient midnight curf... J.M. RICHARDS The problem in this world is that we have poetry but insist on living in prose. J.M. CAMPOS