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Beatrix Potter

"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 (1866-1943) Journal entry (November 17, 1896)

 

Image: [Such wonderful stories she wove in those letters] Letter to three year old Eric Moore, one of the children of Potter's last governess, Annie Carter-Moore (August 21, 1892)

 

This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-05-23

 

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Uploaded on May 23, 2016