It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
BEATRIX POTTERFor quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
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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 cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.
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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.
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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master’s plate, the other on its own.
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For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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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.
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A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat’s plate.
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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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