A. A. Milne Quotes

Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956)

A. A. Milne was best known for his children’s stories about the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh.

“Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the forest that was left out by mistake.” (A. A. Milne Quotes)
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“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.”
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“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
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“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”
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“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
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“I used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true.”
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“If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
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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.”
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“I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”
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“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”
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“Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.”
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
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“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.”
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“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
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“Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.”
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“Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.”
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“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
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“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
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“Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.”
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“Rivers know this, there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
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“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
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“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.”
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“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.”
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“Sometimes,’ said Pooh, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
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“The third rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. A second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. A first rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
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“There’s the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there’s an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don’t like talking about them.”
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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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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“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.”
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“When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.”
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“Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.”
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