I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

I am not young enough to know everything.

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

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.

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

Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them

What is afraid?' asked Peter longingly. He thought it must be some splendid thing. 'I do wish you would teach me how to be afraid, Maimie,' he said.