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6 years ago

James M. Barrie Quotes
British - Playwright May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
James M. Barrie

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
James M. Barrie

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.
James M. Barrie

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
James M. Barrie

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.
James M. Barrie

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
James M. Barrie

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

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anneliese32
6 years ago
All quotes are nice, but the one before the last strikes home. I am in the process to clear out drawers, mostly papers and don't make much progress. There is so much which once was important enough to be saved and then forgotten and of course you can't throw it away without re-reading and remembering. The drawback of this, you go on the computer and look for updates and of course you have to safe those.
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Make that 'sporadic'!!!!!! ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH! Can't STAND misspelling something!!!!! I KNEW something wasn't right somewhere----needed more coffee, that's what! mwheel---we had your gale winds and sideways rain starting around 9AM this morning! Hope you didn't have any damage! Tonight I got out the Cub and sweet little trailer and started picking up more downed Oak limbs again! My SIL and I took a HUGE load of brush, limbs, etc., to the brush area (they grind it up for mulch) at our local landfill a few months ago----he has an open car-trailer, which he loads with the scoop on his tractor. We throw a huge tarp over the top and strap it all down and off we go! Well, he was hoping it would be at least 4 months before the next trip! HA!!!! You oughta SEE the brush piles I've made in the past couple months since the REALLY big storm! ( I just keep working out from the middle in a big circle) The huge fallen Oak limbs and trunk pieces I have in a separate pile for easier loading----have it down to a fine art.....best part is, coming back, we always stop for a cup of coffee and a doughnut to enjoy on the way home in the trusty F350! Nirvanna! Life can be so good!
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You are welcome at our house, too, Anneliese. Only thing is--it's the cat's bedroom, too! However, she sleeps curled next to me at night, so that would't be a problem. I'm really sorry to hear that your husband fell, again. That's a worry/concern that's always 'lurking' in our house, too.
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I get the idea behind the quotes but I believe they have suffered in the translation -
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His quotes tell me he was a practical man, steady and down to earth but not boring. He made a great contribution to society. Thank you for the quotes, Don, they are perfect to start the work week.
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