Quotes from A.A. Milne

Silly old Bear

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." ~ Alan Alexander Milne

No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. It's flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldn't keep up with it, Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding The string of my kite, It would blow with the wind For a day and a night. And then when I found it, Wherever it blew, I should know that the wind Had been going there too. So then I could tell them Where the wind goes... But where the wind comes from Nobody knows.

Which makes it a bothering sort of day.

Whatever his weight in pounds and ounces, he always seems bigger because of his bounces.

It all comes," said Pooh crossly, "of not having front doors big enough.

Owl,' said Rabbit shortly, 'you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is easy thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it.

He said it twice because he had never said it before, and it sounded funny.

We'll be friends forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. 'Even longer.' Pooh answered.

I didn't bounce, I coughed," said Tigger crossly. "Bouncy or coffy, it's all the same at the bottom of the river.

Piglet opened the letter box and climbed in. Then, having untied himself, he began to squeeze into the slit, through which in the old days when front doors were front doors, many an unexpected letter than WOL had written to himself, had come slipping.

But it's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.

Always wear a smile, because your smile is a reason for many others to smile!

She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.

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.

If you were a bird, and lived on high, You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by, You'd say to the wind when it took you away: "That's where I wanted to go today!

Don't blame me if it rains.

From what I've read of detective stories, inspectors always do want to drag the pond first.

Washing, this modern behind the ears nonsense.

it all comes of liking honey so much.

Ik ben echt blij," zei Knorretje tevreden, "dat ik je iets heb gegeven om in een handig potje te bewaren.

Let's look for dragons, I said to Pooh. Yes, let's, said Pooh to Me. We crossed the river and found a few Yes, those are dragons all right, said Pooh. As soon as I saw their beaks I knew. That's what they are, said Pooh, said he. That's what they are, said Pooh.

When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.

They have no imagination. A tail is just a tail to them, just a little something extra in the back.