We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

You just think lovely wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air.

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.

If 'Hamlet' had been written in these days it would probably have been called 'The Strange Affair at Elsinore.

asleep to rummage in their minds

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.

I'll teach you how to jump on the wind's back, and then away we go.