David tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

No, no," Mr. Darling always said, "I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA." He had had a classical education.

She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.

A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night.

A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in.

The man who is in real danger is the man who thinks he is perfectly safe.