When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, โWho is Tinker Bell?โ โO Peter,โ she said, shocked; but even when she explained he could not remember. โThere are such a lot of them,โ he said. โI expect she is no more.โ I expect he was right, for fairies donโt live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them.
James M. BarrieA 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.
James M. BarrieI think one remains the same person throughout, merely passing, as it were, i these lapses of time from one room to another, but all in the same house.
James M. BarrieDavid tells me that fairies never say 'We feel happy': what they say is, 'We feel dancey'.
James M. BarrieAll children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, โOh, why canโt you remain like this for ever!โ This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
James M. Barrie