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Quotation from Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) by J. M. Barrie

“It was saying, “To die will be an awfully big adventure.””

J. M. Barrie (spoken by Narrator (Peter's thought))

Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy), Chapter VIII, "The Mermaids' Lagoon" (Project Gutenberg text (1911 Peter and Wendy))

Portrait of J. M. Barrie

Wounded and stranded on Marooners' Rock as the tide rises, Peter feels afraid for the first time, and the drum beating within him says this.

Citation: "It was saying, “To die will be an awfully big adventure.”" — J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy), Chapter VIII, "The Mermaids' Lagoon" (Project Gutenberg text (1911 Peter and Wendy)). (id peter-pan-q4)

Portrait: Peter and Wendy (1911), frontispiece, Francis Donkin Bedford, Public domain.

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