58 Quotes by Beatrix Potter

There’s something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.

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, Cottontail, and Peter.

It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born.

In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets – when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.

I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding.

Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail...

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Table of Contents.

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.