Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents...
J.M. BarrieTag: childhood
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.
J.M. BarrieTag: imagination belief fantasy magic flying scotland self-confidence peter-pan london barrie neverland park kensington-gardens
Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them
J.M. BarriePeter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea; but on the sea one shudder follows another till there are hundreds of them, and Peter felt just the one. Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying, "To die will be an awfully big adventure.
J.M. BarrieShe also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his hand expectantly.
J.M. BarrieEvery child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly . All he thinks he has a right to when he comes to you to be yours is fairness. After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but will never afterwards be the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter. He often met it, but he always forgot it. I suppose that was the real difference between him and all the rest.
J.M. BarrieShoot the Wendybird!
J.M. BarrieTag: peter-pan
Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.
J.M. BarrieTake care, lest an adventure is now offered you, which, if accepted, will plunge you in deepest woe.
J.M. BarrieI don't want to go to school and learn solemn things.
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