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.
BEATRIX POTTERDon’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
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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.
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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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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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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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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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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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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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 that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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 hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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