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

Thank goodness my education was neglected.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

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

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

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...

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