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.

I bowl so slowly that if I don't like a ball I can run after it and bring it back

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.

He looked at her uncomfortably; blinking, you know, like one not sure whether he was awake or asleep.

Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow