Quote#Children
"There ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl."
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 3.
English (original)
"There ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl." "Ought to be? Isn't there?" "No. You see 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."
— J. M. Barrie
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