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What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will.


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All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!



Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.



Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.



After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but he will never afterwards be quite the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter.

After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but he will never afterwards be quite the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter.



Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.



Wendy," Peter Pan continued in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys.

Wendy," Peter Pan continued in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys.



The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.



Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.

Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.



Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me. Wendy: Of course, I did nothing... Peter: You did a little. Wendy: Oh, the cleverness of you.

Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me. Wendy: Of course, I did nothing... Peter: You did a little. Wendy: Oh, the cleverness of you.



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.

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.





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