Peter Rabbit Quotes

• Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

  Beatrix Potter

  Lost Ones, Shoes, Cabbage

  Beatrix Potter (2012). “Peter Rabbit and Eleven Other Favorite Tales”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination.

  Maurice Sendak

  Writing, Imagination, Rabbits

  Maurice Sendak, William Knowlton Zinsser (1998). “Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children”, p.183, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Believe, Rabbits, Potters

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• Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor's pies. I also hid the book of 'Grimm Fairy Tales.' They're just too grim for my grandkids. Reality will come soon enough.

  Regina Brett

  Father, Book, Reality

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