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

i know i'm not clever but i'm always right.

Nobody really wants us. So let us watch and say jaggy things, in the hope that some of them will hurt.

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

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

He was never more sinister than when he was most polite.

There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams... He put them in a drawer. And sometimes, late at night, we take them out and admire them. But it gets harder and harder to close the drawer... He does. And that is why he is brave.