I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
BEATRIX POTTERWhat heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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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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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.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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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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Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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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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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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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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