Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.
James M. BarrieRead
Because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that the joy of new life creates wonder and magic in the world.
In this quote, James M. Barrie expresses the idea that every new child brings a sense of wonder and enchantment into the world, akin to the birth of fairies. The vibrant imagery of fairies linked to the laughter of babies highlights the innocence and magical perception of childhood, suggesting that with each new child, the joy and magic of life are renewed and perpetuated.
In practice
This quote would be a beautiful addition to a card celebrating the birth of a baby.
Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.
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But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.
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War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.
The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
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