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81 " Build a house?" exclaimed John."For the Wendy," said Curly."For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!""That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants. "
― J.M. Barrie , Peter Pan
82 " Why can't you fly now, mother?""Because I am grown up, dearest. When people grow up they forget the way.""Why do they forget the way?""Because they are no longer gay and innocent and heartless. It is only the gay and innocent and heartless who can fly. "
― J.M. Barrie
83 " Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars. "
84 " One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon. "
85 " Of all the delectable islands the Neverland is the snuggest and most compact, not large and sprawly, you know, with tedious distances between one adventure and another, but nicely crammed. When you play at it by day with the chairs and table-cloth, it is not in the least alarming, but in the two minutes before you go to sleep it becomes very nearly real. That is why there are night-lights. "
86 " Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life. We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but woke is better and was always used by Peter. "
87 " Our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time... "
88 " No, no," Mr. Darling always said, "I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA." He had had a classical education. "
89 " He was a poet; and they are never exactly grown-up. "
― J.M. Barrie , Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
90 " I am youth. I am joy. I am freedom!” said Peter Pan. "
91 " No fue el dolor, sino lo injusto del asunto, lo que atontó a Peter. Lo dejó impotente. Sólo podía mirar, horrorizado. Todos los niños reaccionan así la primera vez que los tratan con injusticia. A lo único que piensan que tienen derecho cuando se le acercan a uno de buena fe es a un trato justo. Después de que uno haya sido injusto con ellos seguirán queriéndolo, pero nunca volverán a ser los mismos. "
92 " All children, except one, grow up "
93 " For otherwise he would have lost faith in his power to fly, andthe moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. "
94 " Thus, when you cry out, 'Greedy! Greedy!' to the bird that fliesaway with the big crust, you know now that you ought not to do this, for he is very likely taking it to PeterPan. "
95 " he decided to appeal to the fairies for enlightenment. They are reputedto know a good deal. "
96 " Forget them Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again. "
97 " The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. "
98 " Boy, why are you crying? "
99 " Oh, Maimie," he said rapturously, "do you know why I love you? It is because you are like a beautiful nest. "
― J.M. Barrie , The Little White Bird
100 " ... for though there is much about myself that I conceal from other people, to help you I would expose every cranny of my mind. "
― J.M. Barrie , Courage