A. A. Milne quotes - page 2

Halfway down the stairs Is a stair Where I sit. There isn't any Other stair Quite like It. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; So this is the stair Where I always Stop. Halfway up the stairs Isn't up, Isn't down. It isn't in the nursery, It isn't in the town. And all sorts of funny thoughts Run round my head: "It isn't really Anywhere! It's somewhere else Instead!" (A. A. Milne)
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. View quote
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The things that make me different are the things that make me ME. -Piglet. View quote
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The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there. View quote
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Tell the innocent visitor from another world that two people were killed at Serajevo, and that the best that Europe could do about it was to kill eleven million more. View quote
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Pooh looked at his two paws. He knew that one of them was the right, and he knew that when you had decided which one of them was the right, then the other one was the left, but he never could remember how to begin. View quote
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There are some people who begin the Zoo at the beginning, called WAYIN, and walk as quickly as they can past every cage until they get to the one called WAYOUT, but the nicest people go straight to the animal they love the most, and stay there. View quote
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I have been Foolish and Deluded," said he, "and I am a Bear of No Brain at All. View quote
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when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it. View quote
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It was a drowsy summer afternoon, and the Forest was full of gentle sounds, which all seemed to be saying to Pooh, 'Don't listen to Rabbit, listen to me.' So he got in a comfortable position for not listening to Rabbit. View quote
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Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. (A. A. Milne)
I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true. View quote
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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. View quote
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Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly. View quote
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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. View quote
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No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake, and they don't Think. View quote
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Some have brains, and some haven't, and there it is. View quote
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Promise you won't forget me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever. (A. A. Milne)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Forever isn't long at all, Christopher, as long as I'm with you. View quote
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That's right," said Eeyore. "Sing. Umty-tiddly, umty-too. Here we go gathering Nuts and May. Enjoy yourself." "I am," said Pooh. View quote
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