“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning…”
“I always keep a fork in my pyjama pocket because you never know when you might be invited to a midnight feast.”
“Never underestimate a bulldoxing mammoth!”
“Peter’s face grew serious. ‘Martha, there is always time for stories.’”
“I believe in magic and miracles and all the extraordinary things that childhood is made of! I believe in hope against the odds! I believe I can move a mountain!”
“… magic and wonder, hope and possibility, courage and kindness. These things were your armour for stepping out into the big wide world…”
“I learned that life is full of adventure. That believing in impossible things can make all the difference. That courage matters … but little brothers matter most of all.”
“To die will be an awfully big adventure!”
“Martha smiled. ‘We saved Neverland, Scruff.’
‘And we did it all in our pyjamas.’ Scruff giggled.”
“Pyjamas are magnets for adventure, come to think of it. When you put them on, brilliant things often seem to happen: Father Christmas slides down your chimney; full moons come out; you’re whisked off to Neverland…”
“Someone very brave and very clever once told me that the thing about adventures is that they don’t leave anyone behind.”
“Adventures are huge. Even woolly mammoths can fit inside them.”
“The world is yours for the taking
…
So long as you remember that growing up
Involves growing down, too.”