What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
BEATRIX POTTERI hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
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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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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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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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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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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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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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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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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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