What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
BEATRIX POTTERPeter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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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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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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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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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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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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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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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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