Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
BEATRIX POTTERHere comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
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There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.
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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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