Quotes from A. A. Milne

I have been Foolish and Deluded," said he, "and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.

He is an important person to this story, so that it is as well we should know something about him before letting him loose in it.

King John was not a good man, He had his little ways. And sometimes no one spoke to him, For days and days and days.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

Blue, life is full of horrible things. One must find something that makes one happy and stick to it.

I am a bear of little brain.

But I can't stay here for a week!" "You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.

The Piglet was sitting on the ground at the door of his house blowing happily at a dandelion, and wondering whether it would be this year, next year, sometime or never. He had just discovered that it would be never, and was trying to remember what it was, and hoping it wasn't anything nice, when Pooh came up.

His idea of seeing the world was to see, not countries, but people; and to see them from as many angles as possible.

Don't worry about me. Go and enjoy yourself. I'll stay here and be miserable.

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

Walking with her man, Lost in a dream

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.

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

A pekingeese is not a pet dog; he is an undersized lion.

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.

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups?

Dig a little deeper. Think of something that we've never thought of before.

A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.

Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.

They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.

When you are pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen, brush the honey off your nose and spruce yourself up as best you can, so as to look Ready for Anything.