A.A. Milne Quotes

A.A. Milne

Biography

Type: Novelist, Playwright, Poet

Born: 18 January 1882, Kilburn, London, England

Died: 31 January 1956 (aged 74), Hartfield, Suss

British author Alan Alexander "A. A." Milne was born in London, England, on January 18, 1882. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch, Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s.

A.A. Milne Quotes

How do you spell 'love'? - Piglet You don't spell it...you feel it. - Pooh. A.A.
"How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.. A.A. Milne
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.. A.A.
Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

Think, think, think.. A.A. Milne
Think, think, think.

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.. A.A. Milne
A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.. A.A.
One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.

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

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.

Pooh, said Rabbit kindly, you haven't any brain. I know, said Pooh humbly.. A.A. Milne
Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain."
"I know," said Pooh humbly.

I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’. The Social Round. Always something going on.

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.

Some have brains, and some haven't, ... and there it is.. A.A. Milne
Some have brains, and some haven't, ... and there it is.

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

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

Tut, Tut, looks like rain. A.A. Milne
Tut, Tut, looks like rain

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.

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you.
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent,
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.

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business."

(The Record Lie)

You are BRAVER than you believe,
and STRONGER than you seem,
and SMARTER than you think

Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
"Where are you going today?" says Pooh:
"Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too.
Let's go together," says Pooh, says he.
"Let's go together," says Pooh.

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.

I always did whatever I liked," she said, "but now I really can do it.

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?

I don’t feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh.

"There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh.
"I wish I were there to be doing it, too.

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

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

Oh Tigger, where are your manners?"

"I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.

It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily.
"So it is."
"And freezing."
"Is it?"
"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately.

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