As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.

You just think lovely wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air.

Will they reach the nursery in time? If so, how delightful for them, and we shall all breathe a sigh of relief, but there will be no story. On the other hand, if they are not in time, I solemnly promise that it will all come right in the end.

It is very well to be able to write a book, but can you waggle your ears?

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.

They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.