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 POTTERSunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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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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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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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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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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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born..
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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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Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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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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