I like well to be in the company of explorers

Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

The door', replied Maimie, 'will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me.

Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.

Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John's, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents.

When ladies used to come to me in dreams, I said, 'Pretty mother, pretty mother.' But when at last she really came, I shot her.