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.

In love-making, as in other arts, those who do it best cannot tell how it is done.

Always be kinder than necessary.

Our life is a book to which we add daily, until suddenly we are finished, and then the manuscript is burned.

Oh, the cleverness of me!

What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.

...it was like an examination paper that asks grammar, when what you want to be asked is Kings of England.