A.A. Milne Quotes

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“I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.”

“So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.”

“It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal.”

“But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty-two.”

“Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.”

“To her-
Hand in hand we come
Christopher Robin and I
To lay this book in your lap.
Say you're surprised?
Say you like it?
Say it's just what you wanted?
Because it's yours-
because we love you.”

“But it isn't easy,' said Pooh. 'Because Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.”

“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits…”

“"I've got a sort of idea," said Pooh at last, "but I don't suppose it's a very good one."
"I don't suppose it is either," said Eeyore.”

“No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake, and they don't Think.”

“Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.”

“Some have brains, and some haven't,… and there it is.”

“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”

“Promise you won't forget me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred.”

“TTFN Ta Ta For Now!”

“And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn't stop.”

“But, of course, it isn't really Good-bye, because the Forest will always be there… and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it.”

“Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.”

“We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.”

“Tut, Tut, looks like rain”

“We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.
Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
Winnie-the-Pooh”

“Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.”

“When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.”

“But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.”

“Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!” said Piglet, feeling him.
Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.”

“And really, it wasn’t much good having anything exciting like floods, if you couldn’t share them with somebody.”

“There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.”

“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment.”

“They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.”

“Turn around, Piglet. Step lightly, Pooh. This silly ol' dance is perfect for two.”

“No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.”

“On Tuesday, when it hails and snows,
The feeling on me grows and grows
That hardly anybody knows
If those are these or these are those.”

“On Wednesday, when the sky is blue,
and I have nothing else to do,
I sometimes wonder if it's true
That who is what and what is who."
- Winnie-the-Pooh”

“Mind over matter, will make the Pooh unfatter.”

“He respects owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right.”

“Forever isn't long at all, Christopher, as long as I'm with you.”

“His dress told her nothing, but his face told her things which she was glad to know.”

“That's right," said Eeyore. "Sing. Umty-tiddly, umty-too. Here we go gathering Nuts and May. Enjoy yourself."
"I am," said Pooh.”

“What do you say, Pooh?"
Pooh opened his eyes with a jerk and said, "Extremely."
"Extremely what?" asked Rabbit.
"What you were saying," said Pooh. "Undoubtably.”

“It's your fault, Eeyore. You've never been to see any of us. You just stay here in this one corner of the Forest waiting for the others to come to you. Why don't you go to THEM sometimes?”

“He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.”

“And how are you?" said Winnie-the-Pooh.
Eeyore shook his head from side to side.
"Not very how," he said. "I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time."
"Dear, dear," said Pooh, "I'm sorry about that. Let's have a look at you.”

“A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.”

“When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.”

“I alwayswhatever I liked," she said, "but now I reallydo it.”

“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”

“It's so much more friendly with two.”

“Hello Rabbit, is that you?""Let's pretend it isn't", said Rabbit, "and see what happens.”

“If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.”