Quote#Children
Sometimes the little boy who calls me father brings me an invitation…
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 1.
English (original)
Sometimes the little boy who calls me father brings me an invitation from his mother: "I shall be so pleased if you will come and see me," and I always reply in some such words as these: "Dear madam, I decline."
— J. M. Barrie
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