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.
BEATRIX POTTERI hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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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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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.
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