Quotes by A. A. Milne

“These notices had been written by Christopher Robin, who was the only one in the forest who could spell; for Owl, wise though he was in many ways, able to read and write and spell his own name WOL,...”

“I'm giving this to Eeyore, he explained, as a present. What are you going to give? Couldn't I give it too? said Piglet. From both of us? No, said Pooh. That would not be a good plan.”

“It was just as if somebody inside him were saying, Now then, Pooh, time for a little something.”

“Because my spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”

“It is hard to be brave, said Piglet, sniffing slightly, when you're only a Very Small Animal.”

“Owl was telling Kanga an Interesting Anecdote full of long words like Encyclopædia and Rhododendron to which Kanga wasn't listening.”

“It's a little Anxious, he said to himself, to be a Very Small Animal Entirely Surrounded by Water.”

“Kanga said to Roo, Drink up your milk first, dear, and talk afterwards. So Roo, who was drinking his milk, tried to say that he could do both at once . . . and had to be patted on the back and drie...”

“H–hup! said Roo accidentally. Roo, dear! said Kanga reproachfully. Was it me? asked Roo, a little surprised.”

“And how are you?, said Winnie-the-Pooh. (...)Not very how, he said. I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time.”

“Cottleston, cottleston, cottleston pie,A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.Ask me a riddle and I reply,Cottleston, cottleston, cottleston pie.”

“Good morning, Pooh Bear, said Eeyore gloomily. If it is a good morning, he said. Which I doubt, said he.”

“How sweet to be a cloudFloating in the blue.”

“Hello Rabbit, is that you?Let's pretend it isn't, said Rabbit, and see what happens.”

“Isn't it funnyHow a bear likes honey?Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!I wonder why he does?”

“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...”

“We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.”