“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”

“I'll teach you how to jump on the wind's back, and then away we go.”

“And if he forgets them so quickly," Wendy argued, "how can we expect that he will go on remembering us?”

“They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.”

“Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again. Never is an awfully long time.”

“You won't forget me, Peter, will you, before spring-cleaning time comes?Of course Peter promised, and then he flew away. He took Mrs. Darling's kiss with him. The kiss that had been for no one else Peter took quite easily. Funny. But she seemd satisfied.”

“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.”