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I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!

Beatrix Potter

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
BEATRIX POTTER

Childhood Heaven More Real Spirit World
I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea.
BEATRIX POTTER

Child Idea Myself Sea Trust Water
Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
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Cat Doorstep Dust Kitten Name Once Time Upon
I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
BEATRIX POTTER

Crowns Happy Marriage Old Fashioned
Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
BEATRIX POTTER

Behave Belief Good Great Mind never Power Rest Silently Yourself
Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.
BEATRIX POTTER

Brown Cap Cup Gown Hold Like Near Soap Stick Tea Wrong
Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
BEATRIX POTTER

Bed Eye Fell Flower God Land Lying Rough See Step Thank Walk
Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
BEATRIX POTTER

Afraid Cringingly Doing Edge Failure Inspirational Less People Subsequent Success Work
The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.
BEATRIX POTTER

Box Century Flower Garden Hedge Last Mysterious Overgrown People Rose Wood
Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea – a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.
BEATRIX POTTER

Another Bench Country Cup Fire Hand Herself Look Made People Person Sideway Tea Wrinkle
So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
BEATRIX POTTER

Argue Arguing Much Perfection Rottenness Somewhere
I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
BEATRIX POTTER

Fear Leave Obliged Pudding
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.
BEATRIX POTTER

Delicious First Something Stories Story Word Writing
I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
BEATRIX POTTER

Grew Made Myself Please Stories Up
Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
BEATRIX POTTER

Accident Country Father Garden People Person Pie
This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
BEATRIX POTTER

Claw Fierce Rabbit Savage Savages Tail Turn Up

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