The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself. I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea. Everything was romantic in my imagination. The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.

Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.

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

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.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

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

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