I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...
Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes. - Beatrix Potter
Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
- Beatrix Potter
I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up. - Beatrix Potter
I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood? - Beatrix Potter
What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things fo… - Beatrix Potter
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things fo…
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
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.
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. Mrs.… - Beatrix Potter
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. Mrs.…
Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. - Beatrix Potter
Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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
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.
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality. - Beatrix Potter
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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