"We'll put the animals on the Jolly Roger and sail 'em to safety!" ~ Peter
"Fiddles and fewmets! And what do you suppose Captain Hook and his pirates will say about that?!" ~ Tink
"A great deal, I expect . . . ha ha ha, at the top of their lungs!" ~ Peter
Never Ark

"Now stand by for our dynamic power source!"
"What's that?"
"Us!"
~ Twins & Nibs, Nibs and the Mermaids

"Don't call me a lubber you . . . lubber!"
~ Tinkerbell, Never Ark

"I don't wanna be doomed!"
~ Michael, Never Ark

"That was just about the stupidest idea EVER!!!" ~ Nibs
"Um, I dunno . . ." ~ Twin
"Remember when Tink got stuck to our super thick flypaper?" ~ Twin
Nibs and the Mermaids

"Right then, that's all the ingrediments. What next, mmm, lessee . . . ah. Shake vigorously. Well then, here we go."
(shakes his booty)
~ Smee, The Phantom Shaman

"But sure we can be thankful for small mercies, Cap'n." ~ Smee
"Small mercies, Smee? I'll give you small mercies!" ~ Hook
"B-b-but Cap'n, Cap'n Hook, the way it was goin, me and the lads was losin' our guts!" ~ Smee
"The bos'un's right, Cap'n. If we had no guts, you couldn't very well have them for garters now, could you?" ~ Starkey
Peter in Wonderland

"A pirate never says die, Lost Boy!"
~ Billy Jukes, Billy Jukes, Lost Boy

"SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
~ Hook

"At least I have lived a full life. I have been a child, I have been a youth, and I have been a man. You are just a pathetic creature forever trapped in the self-centered ego-centricities of childhood."
~ Hook to Peter, Ages of Pan

"Meow."
~ Curly, Peter in Wonderland

"You silly ass!"
~ Tink to Peter, constantly.

"Awwwk! Slubberdegullions!"
~ Short Tom

My shipmates might not understand why I’m jumping ship to help Peter Pan, but at least they’ll thank me if this keeps you from dishing out your vile vittles again tonight.
~ Billy Jukes to Cookson, The Great Neverland Race

"Fly, Billy! Fly!" ~ Slightly
"You clabber dungeon lummox! I'm a pirate, not a Lost Boy, I can't fly!" ~ Billy
Billy Jukes, Lost Boy

I represent all the bad things YOU are. And I don’t even have a conscience to slow me down!
~ Ice Spirit to Peter, Coldest Cut of All

I don’t know which is worse, Cookson: the prospect of the Rake, or your dinners.
~ Billy Jukes, The Rake

Things We Made Them Say (and do):

Aero held out her hand and mentally forged her weapon. Red sparks outlined a blade shape, and the great sword appeared in her outstretched hand.
The pirates gasped. Captain Hook, however, seemed upset. "In all my life I have never seen such a thing as a female swordsperson! Nor will I ever! It is simply bad form for a lady to wield a sword!"
"He needs turned on again," Rabean muttered.
~ Lord of Neverland, Aero Jukes

Cookson made a very rude gesture at Starkey using one hand and a ladle. No one had the slightest idea what it meant, but Cookson looked rather pleased with himself for the rest of the day.
~ The Tail of Long Tom, Dendraica

‘‘But ye don’t like the way it turned out. Sometimes the best of intentions turns out all wrong. It happens. Your inventions are only one example.”
~ Mullins to Billy, The Tail of Long Tom, Dendraica

Mullins looked away, telling himself firmly that he was not crying and it was only some of that damn fairy’s dust irritating his eyes that was making his vision blurry.
~ The Tail of Long Tom, Dendraica

Amazing. Does he run on solar energy, wind-up mechanisms, or is he gas powered?
~ Billy to Slightly, regarding Peter, The Storm Beings part 5, Dendraica

‘‘What, you think girls are gonna just fall from the sky right into yer lap?”
*snap*
Mullins looked up just in time to see a… something falling from the trees.
‘‘AHHHH!” Casey yelled, and fell backwards right into Jukes. They both ended up on the ground, with Casey right in his lap.
~ Mullins & Billy meet Query, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

A loud squawking made everyone look up to see a huge Neverbird fly out of a nest in a tree branch. ‘‘Hmm…eggs, anyone?” Saba asked.
~ The Pirate’s Cove girls encounter the Neverland flora and fauna, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

‘‘FOR THE LAST TIME WE WEREN’T PEEPING!”
‘‘Vee ver tempted, sure, but--”
‘‘SHADDAP COOKSON!!”
~ Billy & Cookson, to the Pirate’s Cove girls after interrupting ‘bath time’, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

So that’s what it is.
~ Billy, upon seeing the monster intent on killing anything in its path, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

Things We Said About Them

"So... Aero." Rabean the Impersonator was now using a Butt-head voice. "Did you, uhh... do him?"
"What!?"
"You know... did you... sharpen his pencil? Cheese the nacho? Practice parallel parking?"
"RABEAN!!"
Booger erupted in high-pitched laughter. It was obvious the both of them had overdosed on Pixy Stix.
~ Booger and Rabean to Aero, Lord of Neverland chapter 10, Stephanie Hodges

‘‘If you ask me, they look like prepubescent cloned Valley Girls from hell.”
~ Saba, in regards to mermaids, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

‘‘It means I have trouble breathing! I’m allergic to animals, nature, and assholes!”
~ Minako, in regards to the meaning of asthma, to Mullins, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

‘‘Why am I semi-strutting? They’re pirates. Yeah, sure we think they’re cuddly, and write them in different manners, but these pirates are real.”
~ Query, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

"Look down there!" Rabean pointed to the deck. Facing a little pink glow that was Tink Pink stood a very tall and dignified pirate. Underneath his long black captain's coat he wore the finest of English gentleman's clothes; on his head sat a large black hat. And where his right hand should have been, there was instead a gleaming silver hook.
"Wow," said Booger.
"Oh, wow," whispered Rabean.
"He's gotta have a nice butt," Booger continued.
~ Lord of Neverland, Aero Jukes

‘‘Mullins, you are so awesome!”
Mullins raised an eyebrow.
‘‘She means that as a compliment,” Wisp assured him.
~ Saba, Mullins, & Wisp, The Pirate’s Cove in Neverland, interactive story

If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
~ Zaphod, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
(Starkey or Peter Pan)

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
~ Franklin P. Adams
(Hook)

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.
~ Alfred Adler

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours more.
~ Woody Allen
(Pirates)

Sometimes I miss my sanity.
~ Aaron Allstan
(Tinkerbell)

When the war between light and dark is over, only the grey will remain.
~ Anonymous
(in reference to the Peter/Hook feud)

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
~ Anonymous
(Perhaps one of the fanfic universes where the pirates and the lost boys have to team up.)

Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live.
~ Anonymous
(Hook)

The best way out of difficulty is through it.
~ Anonymous

People who think they know everything are extremely annoying to the people who actually do.
~ Anonymous
(Peter)

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
~ Aristotle
(Curly. He's always playing a prank; one day he might not be taken seriously when it counts.)

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
~ Aristotle
(The Twins)

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
~ Aristotle
(Jukes)

You can not get ahead while getting even.
~ Dick Armey
(Hook)

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
~ Herbert Henry Asquith
(Hook)

If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.
~ John Atkinson

If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.
~ Ausonius
(Hook)

I do not want people to be agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them.
~ Jane Austen
(Hook, and perhaps Mullins)

Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear is increased by tales, so is the other.
~ Francis Bacon

People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.
~ Russell Baker
(Peter)

I imagine the reason people cling so stubbornly to their hate is because they are afraid that if they let go of hate, they will have to deal with pain.
~ James Baldwin
(Hook; and perhaps Mullins as well)

The greatest weakness of most human beings is their hesitancy to tell others they how much they love them while they are still alive.
~ Orlando A. Battista
(Mullins & Jukes)

To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one’s voice.
~ Ambrose Bierce
(Smee)

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.
~ Elizabeth Bowen
(Mullins)

Around here, to be nuts is normal; to be sane is to be stupid.
~ Bumper Sticker
(Neverland in general)

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
~ Burnadette Devlin
(Hook)

Most men are within a finger’s breadth of being mad.
~ Diogenes the Cynic

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
~ Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
~ Albert Einstein

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Tootles)

No matter what side of the argument you’re on, you’ll always find some people on your side you wish were on the other side.
~ Jascha Heifetz
(Pirates and Lost Boys)

Every heart has its secret sorrows which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Hook)

If anything can go wrong, it will.
~ Murphy’s Law
(Jukes' & the Twins' inventions)

All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream
~ Edgar Allen Poe

You see what power is- holding someone else’s fear in your hand and showing it to them.
~ Amy Tan
(Hook)

The bitter heart eats its owner.
~ Unknown
(Hook)

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
~ Mark Twain
(a pirate’s philosophy)

Chaos, panic, pandemonium- my work here is done.
~ Unknown
(Peter)

I always knew I would look back on the times I cried and laugh, but I never thought I would look back on the times I laughed and cry.
~ Unknown
(Peter)