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.
BEATRIX POTTERI 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.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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Peter 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.
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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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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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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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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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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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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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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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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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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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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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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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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