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

It depends on whether the monkey is more intelligent than we are."
"I'm rather afraid of the answer," Harry replied dryly.
- Beatrix & Harry — Lisa Kleypas

The shorter and the plainer the better. — Beatrix Potter

I am worn to a raveling. — Beatrix Potter

A bullet is worth a thousand threats. And I shot two. — Aleks Canard

Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?"
"They're ravished in haylofts?" she inquired hopefully. — Lisa Kleypas

I've had them both, and I don't think much of either. — Beatrix Lehmann

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

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

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

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

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

Thank goodness my education was neglected. — Beatrix Potter

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

HONORINE BEATRIX — Honore De Balzac

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

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

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

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

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

The stars beckoned. And she had to go. — Aleks Canard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task. — Beatrix Of The Netherlands

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

But I did consider you," Peter assured me. "For quite a while. About half an hour. Beatrix wasn't too happy with me. — Julie Berry

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

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

Should it not be remembered that in setting a garden we are painting a picture? — Beatrix Farrand

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

We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to. — Nikki Giovanni

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

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

The essence of the enjoyment of a garden is that things should look as though they like to grow in it. — Beatrix Farrand

You are my idea of perfection, Beatrix Heloise. — Lisa Kleypas

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

With opportunity the world is very interesting. — Beatrix Potter

Nature is under control but not disturbed. — Beatrix Of The Netherlands

A lifetime with such a woman was not nearly enough. — Lisa Kleypas

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

To Christopher's amazement, Albert didn't move. A dog who thought nothing of running through gunfire was completely cowed by Beatrix Hathaway. — Lisa Kleypas

Mr. Bayning is not a frog," Poppy protested. "You're right," Beatrix said. "That was very unfair to frogs, who are lovely creatures." As — Lisa Kleypas

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere. — Beatrix Potter

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

Beatrix, I'm not in the mood for virginal experimentation."
She gave him a purely ingenuous look. "Neither am I. — Lisa Kleypas

Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked. — Beatrix Campbell

No life is well-rounded without the subtle inspiration of beauty. — Beatrix Farrand