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.
BEATRIX POTTERThis is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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I am worn to a raveling.
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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 remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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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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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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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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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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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 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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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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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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