J.M. Barrie

To live would be an awfully big adventure.

This is a line from the tale, Peter Pan. Considered a masterpiece since its first appearance on stage in 1904, Peter Pan is J.M. Barrie's most famous work and arguably the greatest of all children's Stories. Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist.

Dead Poets Society

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 film directed by Peter Weir. Set in 1959 at a conservative and autocratic boys prep school, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students to change their lives of conformity through his teaching of poetry and literature. The movie stars Robin Williams.