Mrs. Darling Quotes in Peter Pan (2003)

Mrs. Darling: [as she's sleeping] Wendy... Wendy

Peter: [as he's closing the window] Sorry lady, we can't both have her.

Mrs. Darling: There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams.

Michael: Where did he put them?

Mrs. Darling: He put them in a drawer. And sometimes, late at night, we take them out and admire them. But it gets harder and harder to close the drawer... He does. And that is why he is brave.

Mrs. Darling: And what's your name?

Nibs: Nibs. I plan the battles.

Mrs. Darling: Would you like a mother, Nibs?

Nibs: [crying] Yes!

Mr. Darling: [shouting] No. I must become a man that children fear and adults respect, or we shall all end up in the street.

Mrs. Darling: George, not so loud.

Aunt Millicent: George, the neighbors will hear.

Mr. Darling: Let them hear. Let the whole world know. This

[indicating Nanna]

Mr. Darling: is not a nurse. This... is a dog.

[to Wendy]

Mr. Darling: Tomorrow, you will begin your instruction with Aunt Millicent. It's time for you to grow up.

Michael: Mother, can anything harm us after the night lights are lit?

Mrs. Darling: No, Precious. They are the eyes a mother leaves behind to guard her children.

Mrs. Darling: But, George, do you think the children will be safe without Nana?

Mr. Darling: Safe? Of course they'll be safe. Why not?

Mrs. Darling: Well, Wendy said something about a shadow, and I...

Mr. Darling: Shadow? Whose shadow?

Mrs. Darling: Peter Pan's.

Mr. Darling: Oh, Peter Pan... Peter Pan! You don't say!

Mr. Darling: [high, mocking voice] Goodness gracious, whatever shall we do?

Mrs. Darling: But George...

Mr. Darling: Sound the alarm!

Mrs. Darling: Really, I...

Mr. Darling: Call Scotland Yard!

Mrs. Darling: Now, George...

Mr. Darling: "Now, George". "Now, George"! Well, "now, George" will have his say!

Mrs. Darling: George, dear, do hurry. We mustn't be late for the party, you know.

Narrator: Mrs. Darling believed that Peter Pan was a great hero, but Mr. Darling...

Mr. Darling: Mary, unless I find my cufflinks, we don't go to the party! If we don't go to the party, I can never show my face in the office again! If I could ever...

[hits his head on the drawer]

Mr. Darling: Ouch!

Narrator: Well... Mr. Darling was a practical man.

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] When I came into the room tonight, I saw a face at the window...

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] ... the face of a little boy.

Mr. Darling: [in intertitles] Two flights up?

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] This is not the first time. Last week, I was drowsing here by the fire...

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] I felt a draught and looked up, and in the center of the room I saw that same little boy.

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] I screamed. Nana sprang at him. The boy leapt out of the window ~ and escaped...

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] ... but not before the window had closed and cut his shadow clean off.

Michael Nicholas Darling: [in intertitles] Mother, dear, what time was I born?

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] At twelve o'clock in the nighttime, precious.

Michael Nicholas Darling: [in intertitles] Oh, Mummy, I hope I didn't wake you.

Michael Nicholas Darling: [in intertitles] Can anything harm us, Mummy, dear, after the night lights are lit?

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] Nothing, precious. They are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children.

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] That boy may come back for his shadow.

Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles]

[to Peter Pan]

Mrs. Darling: Who are you?