We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
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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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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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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Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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