Thank goodness my education was neglected.
BEATRIX POTTERThank goodness my education was neglected.
BEATRIX POTTERI hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
BEATRIX POTTERThe shorter and the plainer the better.
BEATRIX POTTEROnce 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.
BEATRIX POTTERWhat 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.
BEATRIX POTTERI fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
BEATRIX POTTERIt sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born..
BEATRIX POTTERI am worn to a raveling.
BEATRIX POTTERThe place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
BEATRIX POTTERIt is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
BEATRIX POTTERPeter 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.
BEATRIX POTTERFor quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
BEATRIX POTTERI think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
BEATRIX POTTERWith opportunity the world is very interesting.
BEATRIX POTTERWhat heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
BEATRIX POTTER