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

“It is only the gay and innocent and heartless who can fly.”

J. M. Barrie (spoken by Wendy (grown up))

Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy), Chapter XVII, "When Wendy Grew Up" (Project Gutenberg text (1911 Peter and Wendy))

Portrait of J. M. Barrie

Wendy answers her daughter Jane, who asks why her mother can no longer fly.

Citation: "It is only the gay and innocent and heartless who can fly." — J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy), Chapter XVII, "When Wendy Grew Up" (Project Gutenberg text (1911 Peter and Wendy)). (id peter-pan-q8)

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

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