A.A. Milne Quotes page 2

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

Source: The House at Pooh Corner (1928), Chapter Five - Rabbit, speaking of Christopher Robin.

“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.”

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh

“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.”

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter Seven.

“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.”

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh

“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.”

Source: The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
Context: Then Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh walked hand in hand down the forest path and they said goodbye. So they went off together. But 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.

“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.”

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh

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

Source: The House at Pooh Corner

“"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.”

Source: The House at Pooh Corner (1928), Chapter Six.

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

Source: The House at Pooh Corner

“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.”

Source: The House at Pooh Corner

“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.”

Source: The House at Pooh Corner

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

Source: The House at Pooh Corner

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

“Tut, Tut, looks like rain”

-Eeyore.
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)
Variant: We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.

“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.”

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh

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