WIST Quotations

Barrie, James -- When Wendy Grew Up — An Afterthought (1908, publ. 1957)

Dave — Tue, 20 May 2025 17:32:04 +0000

WENDY: Oh! Peter, when Captain Hook carried us away —

PETER: Who’s Captain Hook? Is it a story? Tell it me.

WENDY: (aghast) Do you mean to say you’ve even forgotten Captain Hook, and how you killed him and saved all our lives?

PETER: (fidgeting) I forget them after I kill them.

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
When Wendy Grew Up — An Afterthought (1908, publ. 1957)
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Most of When Wendy Grew Up was eventually folded into the evolving main play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, Act 5 (first performed in 1904, eventually published in 1928), though these lines were not included.

In Barrie's 1911 novelization, Peter and Wendy, ch. 17 "When Wendy Grew Up," this is rendered:

She had looked forward to thrilling talks with him about old times, but new adventures had crowded the old ones from his mind.
“Who is Captain Hook?” he asked with interest when she spoke of the arch enemy.
“Don’t you remember,” she asked, amazed, “how you killed him and saved all our lives?”
“I forget them after I kill them,” he replied carelessly.

Hesse, Herman -- Steppenwolf (1927) [tr. Creighton, rev. Milleck (1963)]

Dave — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:17:47 +0000

Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.

Herman Hesse (1877-1962) German-born Swiss poet, novelist, painter
Steppenwolf (1927) [tr. Creighton, rev. Milleck (1963)]
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Austen, Jane -- Pride and Prejudice, ch. 10 [Darcy] (1813)

Dave — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:54:01 +0000

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.‬

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English author
Pride and Prejudice, ch. 10 [Darcy] (1813)
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Nash, Ogden -- “The Parent,” Happy Days (1933)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Children aren’t happy with nothing to ignore,
And that’s what parents were created for.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
“The Parent,” Happy Days (1933)
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