The 37+ Beatrix Potter Quotes

It Sometimes Happens That The Town Child Is More Alive To The Fresh Beauty Of The Country Than A Child Who Is Country Born

I Fear That We Shall Be Obliged To Leave This Pudding

It Sometimes Happens That The Town Child Is More Alive To The Fresh Beauty Of The Country Than A Child Who Is Country Born. My Brother And I Were Born In London...but Our Descent, Our Interest And Our Joy Were In The North Country'. Quoted In The Tale Of Beatrix Potter A Biography By Margaret Lane, First Edition P 32-33

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. Tiggy-winkle's Hand, Holding The Tea-cup, Was Very Very Brown, And Very Very Wrinkly With The Soap-suds; And All Through Her Gown And Her Cap, There Were Hairpins Sticking Wrong End Out; So That Lucie Didn't Like To Sit Too Near Her.

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.

Thank Goodness My Education Was Neglected.

This Is A Fierce Bad Rabbit; Look At His Savage Whiskers, And His Claws And His Turned-up Tail.

Peter Lost One Of His Shoes Among The Cabbages, And The Other Shoe Amongst The Potatoes.

I Think Prejudice And Tradition Count For Three-quarters In Matters Of Religion.

I Am Worn To A Raveling.

I Think If She Lived In A Little Shoe-house That Little Old Woman Was Surely A Mouse!

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.