Peter Pan

by J.M. Barrie

'You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.'

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.'

She was the cannibal of the seas, and scarce needed that watchful eye, for she floated immune in the horror of her name.

The window must always be left open for them, always, always.'