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.
BEATRIX POTTERThe woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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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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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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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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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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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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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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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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