I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
BEATRIX POTTERFor 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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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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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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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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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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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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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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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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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 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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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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