All children, except one, grow up.
J. M. Barrie · Peter Pan
Openings & first lines
“All children, except one, grow up.”
- Author
- J. M. Barrie
- Work
- Peter Pan
- Year
- 1911
- Chapter / part
- Chapter I: Peter Breaks Through
- Length
- 6 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #16
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. J. M. Barrie died in 1937, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1911. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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