Beatrix Potter Quote

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...


Journal entry (1896-11-17), from the National Trust collection.


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...

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...

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...

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...