Quote#Children
Occasionally in her travels through her children's minds Mrs. Darling…
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 1.
English (original)
Occasionally in her travels through her children's minds Mrs. Darling found things she could not understand, and of these quite the most perplexing was the word Peter.
— J. M. Barrie
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