He looked at her uncomfortably; blinking, you know, like one not sure whether he was awake or asleep.

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

He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.

Never is an awfully long time.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. Not in doing what you like but in liking what you do is the secret of happiness.

I am the best there ever was!

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?