A. A. Milne (1882–1956) was a British author renowned for creating Winnie-the-Pooh, inspired by his son Christopher Robin and his stuffed animals. Born in London, Milne studied at Cambridge and began his career as a journalist and playwright before writing children’s books. Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and its sequels, illustrated by E. H. Shepard, became classics of children’s literature. Milne also wrote poetry and novels for adults but was often overshadowed by his children’s work. He retired after suffering a stroke and passed away in 1956. His stories remain beloved and influential worldwide.
A. A. Milne Quotes
1. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
— A. A. Milne
2. “If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.”
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3. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
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4. “Sometimes,” said Pooh, “the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
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5. “Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.”
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6. “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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7. “In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.”
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8. “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing.”
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9. “I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”
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10. “A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
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11. “One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.”
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12. “Piglet: ‘How do you spell love?’ Winnie the Pooh: ‘You don’t spell it… you feel it.'”
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13. “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.”
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14. “The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
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15. “The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
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16. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
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17. “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
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18. “One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”
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19. “The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen.”
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20. “‘We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. ‘Even longer,’ Pooh answered.”
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21. “Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
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22. “A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”
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23. “‘Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?’ ‘Supposing it didn’t,’ said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this.”
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24. “Some have brains, and some haven’t, and there it is.”
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25. “Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more … to give way to the happiness of the person you love.”
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26. “Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die… Still you wait and will not try – A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.”
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27. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”
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28. “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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29. “Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.”
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30. “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.”
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31. “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
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32. “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”
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33. “Tell the innocent visitor from another world that two people were killed at Serajevo, and that the best that Europe could do about it was to kill eleven million more.”
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34. “When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?” “What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?” “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said.”
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35. “You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
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36. “Friendship,” said Christopher Robin, “is a very comforting thing to have.”
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37. “It’s snowing still,” said Eeyore gloomily. “So it is.” “And freezing.” “Is it?” “Yes,” said Eeyore. “However,” he said, brightening up a little, “we haven’t had an earthquake lately.”
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38. “What day is it?” “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
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39. “Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.”
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40. “Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.”
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41. “Be sure to put the knocker fairly low on your door in case a very small friend drops by.”
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42. “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.”
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43. “When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.”
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44. “If you were a bird, and lived on high, You’d lean on the wind when the wind came by, You’d say to the wind when it took you away: ‘That’s where I wanted to go today!'”
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45. “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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46. “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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47. “A Fly can’t bird, but a bird can fly.”
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48. “Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.”
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49. “The hardest part is what to leave behind, … It’s time to let go!”
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50. “Time for a little something.”
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51. “There are some people who begin the Zoo at the beginning, called WAYIN, and walk as quickly as they can past every cage until they get to the one called WAYOUT, but the nicest people go straight to the animal they love the most, and stay there.”
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52. “I don’t feel very much like Pooh today,” said Pooh. “There there,” said Piglet. “I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.”
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53. “You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.”
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54. “I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”
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55. “Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.”
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56. “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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57. “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”
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58. “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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59. “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. ‘Pooh?’ he whispered. ‘Yes, Piglet?’ ‘Nothing,’ said Piglet, taking Pooh’s hand. ‘I just wanted to be sure of you.'”
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60. “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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61. “If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.”
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