Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
BEATRIX POTTERDon’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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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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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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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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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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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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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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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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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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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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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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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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