"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."

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Source : Journal entry, from the National Trust collection, November 17, 1968.

Beatrix Potter

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“Photos represent primarily a seductive but deleterious short cut.”
“Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy.”
“All my life I had feared imprisonment, the nun's cell, the hospital bed, the places where one faced the self without distraction, without the crutches of other people.”
“Churches typically argue is that God wants God's people to have a good life, and that a good life involves prosperity. This prosperity is not just emotional well-being, spiritual well-being, or physical well-being - it's also having good stuff. Having a nice house, a nice car, good clothing, etc. It's a package deal.”

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“The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.”
“Love is cheap. You can buy it anywhere. Lives are cheap. It's money that's dear. You have to work days and sit up nights thinking how to make money.”
“At least I can say that I'm honest.”
“Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.”

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