A.A. Milne citations

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“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.”