Kindle Notes & Highlights
And for the record, every waking moment with you will never be enough.”
The mermaid giggles. “How grown of you.” “What an awful thing to say.”
I like watching my dad’s eyes dazzle with amazement when I show him how the wind can sound like a song when it hits certain trees, or how the flowers move as if they are people, leaning in whatever direction you walk. It makes me understand why Peter loved showing me around Neverland—watching someone else fall in love with it makes you fall in love all over again.
He knew after that curse, the realm would never be the same. It would never be Wonderland again. Never. It’s sad, but even more so clever. Nothing is ever the same as it was. Things change, and even if it is sad and horrible in the moment, it can always come out better after it all with the proper love.”
Neverland will never be Wonderland again. It will never be the same, yet the wonder will always return, even if it doesn’t look as it did before.”
It’s a sunny day, the weather is perfect, and Neverland is beautiful. Peter flies higher so we can see the entire island, and I soak it all in like a piece of art. Three rainbows intersect each other across the entirety of it, and all the colors are enhanced by magic in the air.
A love that is so abundant, that not even all the stars in the Neverland sky could account for it.
