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Beatrix Potter Quotes

1866–1943 England

Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer and illustrator who produced a series of much-loved children’s books. She was the subject of the 2006 biopic Miss Potter.

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This is a Tale about a tail — a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific." I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit.

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)

Painting is an awkward thing to teach except the details of the medium. If you and your master are determined to look at nature and art in two different directions you are sure to stick.

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

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

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...

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Beatrix Potter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.