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.
BEATRIX POTTERThe place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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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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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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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 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.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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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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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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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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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 have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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