Allison > Allison's Quotes

“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”
― Beatrix Potter

“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.”
― Beatrix Potter

“Tuesday, November 17th. 1896

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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.”
― Beatrix Potter, The Journal of Beatrix Potter from 1881-1897

“Thank goodness my education was neglected.”
― Beatrix Potter

“What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?”
― Beatrix Potter

“I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.”
― Beatrix Potter