Citas literarias

          Hoy, vuelve a ser jueves, una nueva cita literaria con nuestros clásicos universales. Por otra parte luce el sol, las tardes son más largas, el buen tiempo nos favorece en todos los sentidos y, también, hoy 9 de mayo, celebramos el nacimiento de un extraordinario autor de esos personajes míticos: Peter Pan.

          Os dejamos una cita del escritor, y además una pequeña biografía, por supuesto, en inglés que nos facilitan nuestros "compis" bilingües.

                                 “La vida es una larga lección de humildad”.

                                                          James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937).

James M. Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish author and dramatist, best known for his character Peter Pan. The play Peter Pan or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up was first performed in 1904 and published in 1928.

               All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.

               Other titles in the Peter Pan series are; The Little White Bird: or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens (1902), Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906), When Wendy Grew Up: An Afterthought (1908), and Peter and Wendy (1911). The ever popular characters of Peter, Wendy, Tinker Bell, The Lost Boys, Captain Hook, and the other pirates, indians, and fairies have inspired numerous adaptations to the stage, television, and film.