A. A. Milne Quotes - Page 5

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• It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.

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  Winning, Chess, Impossible

  1919 Not That It Matters.

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• Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.

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  Depression, Song, Morning

  A. A. Milne (2002). “Pooh's House”, Dutton Childrens Books

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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.

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  Two, Paws, Remember

  A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.93, Egmont UK

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• Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.

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  Wise, Liking Someone, Looking For Love

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• So - here I am in the dark alone, There's nobody here to see; I think to myself, I play to myself, And nobody knows what I say to myself; Here I am in the dark alone, What is it going to be? I can think whatever I like to think, I can play whatever I like to play, I can laugh whatever I like to laugh, There's nobody here but me.

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  Dark, Thinking, Here I Am

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• How sweet to be a Cloud. Floating in the Blue!

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  Sweet, Clouds, Blue

  Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) ch. 1

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• Forever isn't long at all, Christopher, as long as I'm with you.

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  Long, Forever

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• So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

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  Book, Writing, Introduction

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.6, Egmont UK

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• Bouncy trouncy flouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun. The most wonderful thing about tiggers is I'm the only one!

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  Fun, Tigger, Wonderful

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• It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.

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  Running, Book, People

  A. A. Milne (2013). “Once On A Time”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Courage, Animal, Bravery

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• 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.

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  Cute Winnie The Pooh, Easy, Said

  A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.115, Egmont UK

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• What I like doing best is Nothing." "How do you do Nothing," asked Pooh after he had wondered for a long time. "Well, it's when people call out at you just as you're going off to do it, 'What are you going to do, Christopher Robin?' and you say, 'Oh, Nothing,' and then you go and do it. It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering." "Oh!" said Pooh.

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  Mean, Long, People

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• Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went on to say that Kangas were only Fierce during the winter months, being at other times of an Affectionate Disposition, he could hardly sit still, he was so eager to begin being useful at once.

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  Winter, Ideas, Piglet

  A A Milne (1998). “Cn Pooh 12-Copy Slipcase #06: Ams - Kanga & Baby Roo Comes to the Forest”, Dutton Books

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• I do like a little bit of butter to my bread.

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  Life, Littles, Bread

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.72, Egmont UK

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• What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

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  Beauty, Food, Home Cooking

  "Not That It Matters".

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• Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't.

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  Thinking, Robins, Bumps

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.10, Egmont UK

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

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  Mistake, Forests, Steps

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• She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead.

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  Spring, Winter, Yellow

  A.A. Milne (1950). “When We Were Very Young”, GoodBook Classics

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• Eeyore, the old grey donkey, stood by the side of the stream and looked at himself in the water. "Pathetic," he said. "That's what it is. Pathetic."

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  Water, Sides, Donkey

  Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) ch. 6

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• For one person who dreams of making fifty thousand pounds, a hundred people dream of being left fifty thousand pounds.

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  Dream, People, Fifty

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• 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.

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  Together, Want, Today

  A. A. Milne (2011). “Now We Are Six”, p.42, Egmont UK

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• If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.

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  Writing, Play, History

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• On Tuesday, when it hails and snows, The feeling on me grows and grows That hardly anybody knows If those are these or these are those.

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  Tuesday, Snow, Feelings

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.79, Egmont UK

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• Pooh hasn't much Brain, but he never comes to any harm. He does silly things and they turn out right. There's Owl. Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things. He would know the Right Thing to Do when Surrounded by Water. There's Rabbit. He hasn't Learnt in Books, but he can always Think of a Clever Plan. There's Kanga. She isn't Clever, Kanga isn't, but she would be so anxious about Roo that she would do a Good Thing to Do without thinking about it. And then there's Eeyore. And Eeyore is so miserable anyhow that he wouldn't mind about this.

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  Clever, Silly, Book

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.101, Egmont UK

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