I am worn to a raveling.
BEATRIX POTTERThen 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.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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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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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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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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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 think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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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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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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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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