A. A. Milne quotes

A. A. Milne was an English author and playwright, best known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh. His delightful stories about the adventures of Pooh and his friends have charmed generations of readers. He is remembered as one of the most beloved children's writers in literature. Here are 181 of his quotes:

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. (A. A. Milne)
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. View quote
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If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever. View quote
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. View quote
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I wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking. View quote
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. View quote
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Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. View quote
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Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering. View quote
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? View quote
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Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. View quote
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I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it on the way. (A. A. Milne)
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch? View quote
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How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. View quote
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love. View quote
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It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal. View quote
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"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best-" and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. View quote
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We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it. View quote
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I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget. View quote
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks. View quote
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You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count. View quote
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Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, "is that you?” "Let's pretend it isn't,” said Rabbit, "and see what happens. (A. A. Milne)
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. View quote
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They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come. View quote
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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. View quote
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Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them. View quote
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