They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.

When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.

They took it for granted that if they went he would go also, but really they scarcely cared. Thus children are ever so ready, when novelty knocks, to desert their dearest ones.

Peter invented, with Wendy's help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games. It consisted in pretending not to have adventures.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Have you noticed that many jewels make women either incredibly fat or incredibly thin?

You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.