Opening Lines

From Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The iconic opening that establishes the novel's central premise about childhood ending and introduces the bittersweet narrative voice.
Chapter 1

'All children, except one, grow up.' One of the most famous opening lines in children's literature, immediately establishing Peter Pan's defining quality and the novel's preoccupation with the loss of childhood.

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