Is there any character that actually personifies the feeling of childhood wonder and adventure?Obviously,Peter Pan is the one of the character that actually does.In this Blog, we’ll analyze some of the memorable Peter Pan quotes and obtain the power of imagination,the importance of friendship and the challenges of growing up.
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by the scottish author J.M.Barrie.Peter is a young boy who lives in Neverland,a magical place where he never grow up and is free to enjoy his freedom & adventure without any adult supervision.
Peter Pan quotes are filled will full of joy and humor that can teach us valuable life lessons.Peter word’s are simple and profound that actually inspired people of all ages.From the iconic “Second star to the right” to the saddest “to die will be an awful big adventure”quotes reflects the Peter’s spirit and have become a part of our manifestation.
So,let’s check out the Peter Pan quotes to stay young at heart and start the power of believing in yourself.
Peter Pan Quotes about Neverland
1. “Second star to the right and straight on ’til morning. That’s the way to Neverland.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
2. “Neverland is home to lost boys like me and, hopefully, lost girls like you.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
3. “Neverland isn’t just a place. It’s an idea, a way of life.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
4. “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
5. “There is a saying in the Neverland that,every time you breathe, a grown-up dies.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
6. “When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laughter broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
7. “Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life. We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but woke is better and was always used by Peter.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
6. “Of all the delectable islands the Neverland is the snuggest and most compact, not large and sprawly, you know, with tedious distances between one adventure and another, but nicely crammed. When you play at it by day with the chairs and table-cloth, it is not in the least alarming, but in the two minutes before you go to sleep it becomes very nearly real. That is why there are night-lights.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
7. “You just think lovely wonderful thoughts, Peter explained, and they lift you up in the air.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
8. “Do you know, Peter asked, why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
9. “Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents…”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
10. “As you look at Wendy you may see her hair becoming white, and her figure little again, for all this happened long ago. Jane is now a common grown-up, with a daughter called Margaret; and every spring-cleaning time, except when he forgets, Peter comes for Margaret and takes her to Neverland, where she tells him stories about himself, to which he listens eagerly. When Margaret grows up she will have a daughter, who is to be Peter’s mother in turn; and so it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
11. “Wow. Brad, hi! You been holding this long? Uh-huh. I’m incredible. Yeah, Neverland. Uh-huh. Lost Boys. Jim Hook, duel to the death. I’ll fill you in later. Listen, I’d love to chat, but I gotta climb a drain pipe right now. Why? Because I ran out of fairy dust, if not I would’ve flown up.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
12. “Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life. We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but woke is better and was always used by Peter.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
13. “There is a saying in the Neverland that,every time you breathe, a grown-up dies.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
14. “If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colours suspended in the darkness; then if you squeeze your eyes tighter, the pool begins to take shape, and the colours become so vivid that with another squeeze they must go on fire.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Peter Pan Quotes on Death
15. “To die would be an awfully big adventure.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan. This quote suggests that Peter sees death as a kind of adventure, rather than something to be feared.
16. “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan. This quote implies that death is not the end, but rather a transition to another realm where one’s faith and trust are essential.
17 “Death is the only adventure you have left.” – This quote, spoken by Hook, suggests that death is the ultimate adventure that awaits everyone.
18. “Death is the next great adventure.” – This quote, spoken by Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series but often associated with Peter Pan, suggests that death is a natural part of life and should be embraced as an adventure.
Peter Pan Quotes on Second Star To The Right
19. “The second star to the right shines in the night for you, to tell you that the dreams you have really can come true.” – Disney’s Peter Pan (1953 film)
20. “The second star to the right, a reminder that your imagination is where all your dreams can take flight.” – Jake and the Never Land Pirates (TV series)
21. “There is a place, like no place on earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say, to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am.” – Alice in Wonderland (2010 film), which references the second star to the right.
22. “Stars are beautiful, but they may not take an active part in anything, they must just look on for ever. It is a punishment put on them for something they did so long ago that no star now knows what it was. So the older ones have become glassy-eyed and seldom speak (winking is the star language), but the little ones still wonder.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
23. “Second star to the right and straight on ’til morning. ”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
24. “Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look on forever.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Peter Pan Quotes on Never Grow Up
25. “I won’t grow up, I don’t want to go to school, just to learn to be a parrot and recite a silly rule.” – Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
26. “Never grow up. Never grow up. Never grow up.” – Peter Pan (Disney’s Peter Pan, 1953 film)
27. “Adults are just outdated children.” – Walt Disney. This quote, while not directly from Peter Pan, reflects the idea that adults can still access the sense of wonder and joy of childhood, even as they grow older.
28. “Even though you want to try to, never grow up.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
29. “I always want to be a boy, and have fun playing.” – Peter Pan (Disney’s Peter Pan, 1953 film)
30. “Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Peter Pan Quotes on Flying
31. “Think of all the joy you’ll find when you leave the world behind and bid your cares goodbye. You can fly, you can fly, you can fly!” – Disney’s Peter Pan (1953 film)
32. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
33. “I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be?”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
34. “If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.”― Sir James Barrie, Peter Pan
35. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
36. “Jack, Maggie, all you have to do is think one happy thought, and you’ll fly like me.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
37. “Just think of happy things and your heart will fly on wings forever in never-never land.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Peter Pan Quotes on Tinkerbell
38. “All you need is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust.” – Tinker Bell (Disney’s Peter Pan, 1953 film)
39. “Don’t you understand? You mean more to me than anything in this whole world!” – Tinker Bell (Disney’s Peter Pan, 1953 film)
40. “If you believe, he shouted to them, clap your hands; don’t let Tink die.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
41. “I’ll always believe in you, Peter Pan.” – Tinker Bell (Disney’s Peter Pan, 1953 film)
42. “Fairies have to be one thing or the other because being so small they, unfortunately, have room for one feeling only at a time.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
43. “Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
44. “Don’t you understand, Tink? You mean more to me than anything in this whole world!”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
45. “I’m not a toy, Peter!” – Tinker Bell (Disney’s Peter Pan, 1953 film)
46. “Children know such a lot now. Soon they don’t believe. And every time a child says ‘I don’t believe in fairies’, there’s a fairy someplace that falls down dead.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
47. “Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. Dreams are forever.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
48. “I’ll tell you what a fairy is. A fairy is like a bird, you see. And we’re just like the birds. Except, of course, we can’t fly.” – Tinker Bell (Peter Pan and Wendy, J.M. Barrie)
49. “If you believe, “In the immortal children’s Christmas pantomime Peter Pan, there comes a climactic moment when the little angel Tinkerbell seems to be dying.”clap your hands!” – Tinker Bell (Peter Pan and Wendy, J.M. Barrie)
50. “In the immortal children’s Christmas pantomime Peter Pan, there comes a climactic moment when the little angel Tinkerbell seems to be dying.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
51.“You all do things that are beautiful and magical and… and important. But me… there’s gotta be more to my life than just pots and kettles. All I’m asking you is that you give me a chance.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
52.“Guess what? I’ve decided, I’m not gonna be a tinker fairy anymore.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
53. “Well, I was thinking. Why do I have to be a tinker? Just because some silly hammer glowed? I mean, whose to say it wasn’t just some big mistake? Maybe I can just switch my talent!”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
54. “I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the way things go after all – that all things end happy.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
55. “To Tinkerbell who is fighting off the pirates: Are you related to Mighty Mouse?”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
56. “You know that place between sleep and awake? That place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you… Peter Pan. That’s where I’ll be waiting.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
57. “I’m not sure I understand what love is, but I think it’s something like this..” – Tinker Bell (Peter Pan and Wendy, J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan Quotes on Love
58. “I will always love you, Peter Pan. You know that, don’t you?” – Wendy Darling (Peter Pan and Wendy, J.M. Barrie)
59. “You need a mother very, very badly.” – Wendy Darling (Peter Pan and Wendy, J.M. Barrie). This quote shows Wendy’s nurturing love for the Lost Boys, who are in need of a mother figure.
60. “So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land!” – Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie). This quote suggests that love can exist in a world where time and responsibility do not hold sway, such as Neverland.
61. “After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but he will never afterward be quite the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
62. “You mean more to me than anyone in this whole world.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
63. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder…or forgetful.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
64. “You know that place between sleep and awake where you’re always dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
65. “Mrs. Darling loved to have everything just so, and Mr. Darling had a passion for being exactly like his neighbours; so, of course, they had a nurse. As they were poor, owing to the amount of milk the children drank, this nurse was a prim Newfoundland dog, called Nana, who had belonged to no one in particular until the Darlings engaged her.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
66. “I never expected that you could have a broken heart and love with it too, so much that it does not seem broken at all.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
67. “It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
68. “Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
69. “There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was staring in at the window. He had ecstasies innumerable that other children can never know; but he was looking through the window at the one joy from which he must be for ever barred.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Peter Pan Quotes on Growing Up
70. “One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” – C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia). While not directly related to Peter Pan, this quote suggests that growing up need not entail abandoning one’s sense of wonder and imagination.
71. “All children, except one, grow up.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
72. “I suppose it’s like the ticking crocodile, isn’t it? Time is chasing after all of us.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
73. “You need not be sorry for her. She was one of the kind that likes to grow up. In the end she grew up of her own free will a day quicker than the other girls.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
74. “You need not be sorry for her. She was one of the kind that likes to grow up. In the end she grew up of her own free will a day quicker than the other girls.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
75. “Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience… and pimples.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
76. “Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you’ll never, never have to worry about grown up things again.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
77. Never is an awfully long time.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
78. “Once you’re grown up you can’t come back.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
79. “Keep adventuring and stay not a grown-up.”
80. “There are many different kinds of bravery. There’s the bravery of thinking of others before one’s self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams.”
Peter Pan Quotes on Sadness & Emotions
81. “Sometimes, though not often, he had dreams, and they were more painful than the dreams of other boys. For hours he could not be separated from these dreams, though he wailed piteously in them. They had to do, I think, with the riddle of his existence.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
82. “All are keeping a sharp look-out in front, but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
83. “No matter how hard we try to be mature, we will always be a kid when we all get hurt and cry.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
84. “Every child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly . All he thinks he has a right to when he comes to you to be yours is fairness. After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but will never afterwards be the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter. He often met it, but he always forgot it. I suppose that was the real difference between him and all the rest.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
85. “Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Peter Pan Quotes on Happiness
86. “It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
87. “She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
88. “On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
89. “Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
90. “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.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
91. “I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
92.”Take care, lest an adventure is now offered you, which, if accepted, will plunge you in deepest woe.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
