Quotes By Author: A.A. Milne
“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”
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“[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”(The Record Lie)”
“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, “There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” But all the little streams higher up in the Forest went this way and that, quickly, eagerly, having so much to find out before it was too late.”
“But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty-two.”
“No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake, and they don’t Think.”
“I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’. The Social Round. Always something going on.”
“Pooh,” said Rabbit kindly, “you haven’t any brain.” “I know,” said Pooh humbly.”
“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
“Think, think, think.”
“Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully.”Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.””And he has Brain.””Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.”There was a long silence.”I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.”
“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.”
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”