Dumbledore on Death

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No: HPFGUIDX 30424

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch 
<rowena_grunnion_ffitch at y...> wrote:
> 
> > "To the well organized mind, death is but the next
> > great adventure."
> > - Albus Dumbledore 
> 
>    Am I the only one who sees a Peter Pan reference
> here? ("Death must be an awfully big adventure").
> Anyway I seem to have heard this sentiment before,
> probably more than once.
> 
  Not at all. The quote is:

Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A 
tremor ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea; but 
on the sea one shudder follows another till there are hundreds 
of them, and Peter felt just the one. Next moment he was 
standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and 
a drum beating within him. It was saying, `To die will be an 
awfully big adventure.'
J.M. Barrie --Peter Pan ch. 8

I must warn you that when I brought this up last time, I heard 
from people who thought I was dissing Rowling, but I'll let them 
speak for themselves. ;-)

Pippin
who  is a big fan of Peter's and does not consider Peter Pan a 
children's book either, so there!