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.
BEATRIX POTTERWe cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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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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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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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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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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