A. A. Milne Quotes - Page 8

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• 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.

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  Rivers, Long, Feelings

  A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.81, Egmont UK

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• The other day I met a man who didn't know where Tripoli was. Tripoli happened to come into the conversation, and he was evidently at a loss. "Let's see," he said. "Tripoli is just down by the - er - you know. What's the name of that place?" "That's right," I answered, "just opposite, Thingumabob. I could show you in a minute on a map. It's near - what do they call it?" At this moment the train stopped, and I got out and went straight home to look at my atlas.

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  Home, Loss, Men

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• When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.

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  Opposites, Long, Owl

  Milne, George, Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), Shepard, Ernest H. (1977). “The World of Pooh : the Complete Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner”, McClelland and Stewart, 1989

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• He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.

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  Animal, Violet, Bunch

  A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.69, Egmont UK

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• When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.

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  Friendship, Trying, Doorways

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• It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

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  Winning, Men, Games

  1919 Not That It Matters.

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• There must be somebody there, because somebody must have said "Nobody.

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  Nihilism, Said

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.24, Egmont UK

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• Tut, Tut, looks like rain

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  Rain, Looks

  A. A. Milne (2004). “Winnie the Pooh Stories CD Storybook”, p.48, Penton Overseas, Inc

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• It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it.

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  Tails, Cute Winnie The Pooh, Winni The Pooh

  "Fictional character: Eeyore". Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, www.imdb.com. 1966.

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• The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

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  Piglet, Absence

  A A Milne (1998). “Cn Pooh 12-Copy Slipcase #09: Ams - A House Is Built at Pooh Corner”, Dutton Books

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• WHERE did you say it was?' asked Pooh. Just here,' said Eeyore. Made of sticks?' Yes' Oh!' said Piglet. What?' said Eeyore. I just said "Oh!"' said Piglet nervously. And so as to seem quite at ease he hummed Tiddely-pom once or twice in a what-shall-we-do-now kind of way.

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  Piglet, Ease, Way

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• Once upon a time there were three little foxes
  Who didn't wear stockings, and they didn't wear sockses,
  But they all had handkerchiefs to blow their noses,
  And they kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes.

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  Blow, Once Upon A Time, Foxes

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.48, Egmont UK

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• So he started to climb out of the hole. He pulled with his front paws, and pushed with his back paws, and in a little while his nose was in the open again ... and then his ears ... and then his front paws ... and then his shoulders ... and then-'Oh, help!' said Pooh, 'I'd better go back,' 'Oh bother!' said Pooh, 'I shall have to go on.' 'I can't do either!' said Pooh, 'Oh help and bother!

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  Noses, Ears, Goes On

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• James gave the huffle of a snail in danger. And nobody heard him at all.

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  Danger, Snail, Heard

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.19, Egmont UK

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• For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

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  Writing, Editing, Long

  Winnie-the-Pooh ch. 4 (1926)

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• You gave me Christopher Robin, and then You breathed new life in Pooh. Whatever of each has left my pen Goes homing back to you. My book is ready, and comes to greet The mother it longs to see -- It would be my present to you, my sweet, If it weren't your gift to me.

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  Mother, Sweet, Book

  A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.3, Egmont UK

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• The Dormouse looked out, and he said with a sigh: "I suppose all these people know better than I. It was silly, perhaps, but I did like the view Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).

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  Silly, Blue, Views

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.80, Egmont UK

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• A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake-you are undoubtedly a man.

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  Mistake, Men, Smoking

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Not That it Matters”, p.120, The Floating Press

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• Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear

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  Bears

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.86, Egmont UK

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• And how are you?" said Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. "Not very how," he said. "I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time." "Dear, dear," said Pooh, "I'm sorry about that. Let's have a look at you.

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  Sorry, Long, Looks

  A. A. Milne (1992). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, Puffin

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• If people ask me, I always tell them: "Quite well, thank you, I'm very glad to say." If people ask me, I always answer, "Quite well, thank you, how are you today?" I always answer, I always tell them, If they ask me Politely... BUT SOMETIMES I wish That they wouldn't

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  People, Wish, Answers

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.51, Egmont UK

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• Turn around, Piglet. Step lightly, Pooh. This silly ol' dance is perfect for two.

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  Silly, Two, Perfect

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• Don't talk anybody, don't come near! Can't you see the fish might hear? He thinks I'm playing with a piece of string; He thinks I'm another sort of funny thing, But he doesn't know I'm fishing - He doesn't know I'm fishing. That's what I'm doing - Fishing.

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  Thinking, Lakes, Sea

  A. A. Milne (2011). “Now We Are Six”, p.68, Egmont UK

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• If possible, try to find a way to come downstairs that doesn't involve going bump, bump, bump, on the back of your head.

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  Trying, Bumps, Way

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• No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.

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  Law, Evil, Doubt

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Not That it Matters”, p.101, The Floating Press

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