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Beatrix Potter quotes: I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

Beatrix Potter quotes: The shorter and the plainer the better.

The shorter and the plainer the better.

Beatrix Potter quotes: I am worn to a raveling.

I am worn to a raveling.

Beatrix Potter quotes: I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success.

I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success.

Beatrix Potter quotes: There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

Beatrix Potter quotes: Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names wereFlopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were
Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

Beatrix Potter quotes: Thank goodness my education was neglected.

Thank goodness my education was neglected.

Beatrix Potter quotes: Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

Beatrix Potter quotes: I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.

I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.

Beatrix Potter quotes: Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Beatrix Potter quotes: But not even Hitler can damage the fells'In 'The Tale of Beatrix Potter, A Autobiography' by Margaret Lane, first edition, page 170.

But not even Hitler can damage the fells'
In 'The Tale of Beatrix Potter, A Autobiography' by Margaret Lane, first edition, page 170.

Beatrix Potter quotes: WHAT a funny sight it is to see a brood of ducklings with a hen!

WHAT a funny sight it is to see a brood of ducklings with a hen!

Beatrix Potter quotes: I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman's life.

I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman's life.

Beatrix Potter quotes: This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.

This is a fierce bad rabbit;
look at his savage whiskers,
and his claws and his turned-up tail.

Beatrix Potter quotes: What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

Beatrix Potter quotes: Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

Beatrix Potter quotes: I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.

I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.

Beatrix Potter quotes: I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding

I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding

Beatrix Potter quotes: 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.

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 Potter quotes: Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Beatrix Potter quotes: 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.

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.

Beatrix Potter quotes: Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail ...

Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail ...

Beatrix Potter quotes: We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

Beatrix Potter quotes: So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

Beatrix Potter quotes: If I have done anything, even a little, to help small children enjoy honest, simple pleasures, I have done a bit of good.

If I have done anything, even a little, to help small children enjoy honest, simple pleasures, I have done a bit of good.

Beatrix Potter quotes: With opportunity the world is very interesting.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

Beatrix Potter quotes: Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Beatrix Potter quotes: I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!

I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!

Beatrix Potter quotes: One place suits on person, another place suits another person. For my part, I prefer to live in the country, like Timmy Willie.

One place suits on person, another place suits another person. For my part, I prefer to live in the country, like Timmy Willie.

Beatrix Potter quotes: It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

Beatrix Potter quotes: I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.

I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.

Beatrix Potter quotes: 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.

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.

Beatrix Potter quotes: For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.