"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."
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A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
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Quotes by A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day."
"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day."
"Some people care too much. I think it's called love."
"I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost."
"A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise."
"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"
"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Pooh,"said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain.""I know,"said Pooh humbly."
"I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true"
"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."
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day."