“Life is a long lesson in humility.”

“Never is an awfully long time.”

“Forever is a very long time Peter”

“and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.”

“They have long lost count of the days, but always if they want to do anything special they say this is saturday night, and then they do it. ”

“It was not really Saturday night, at least it may have been, for they had long lost count of the days; but always if they wanted to do anything special they said this was Saturday night, and then they did it.”

“What is afraid?' asked Peter longingly. He thought it must be some splendid thing. 'I do wish you would teach me how to be afraid, Maimie,' he said.”