I am worn to a raveling.
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.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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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 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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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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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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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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Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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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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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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