“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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Author detail
A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London and went to school at a small independent school run by his father, John Vine Milne. He went to Westminster School and studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was married in 1913, and then joined the British Army in World War I. In 1920, his son, Christopher Robin Milne, was born. In 1925, Milne moved to a country home called Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex. Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne's most famous work, was published in 1926. Although he had his greatest success with his books for children, he stopped writing works for children by the end of the decade, saying that the source of his inspiration for children's stories, his son, had grown older. He continued to write works for adults, although he was frustrated to find that these works were not nearly as popular as his children's books. Milne retired to Cotchford Farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 left him an invalid, and he died in 1956.
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“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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“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
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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 knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”
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“Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
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“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
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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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“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
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“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
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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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“I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”
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“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
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“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.”
“When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three I was hardly me. When I was Four, I was not much more. When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Si...”
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“Think, think, think.”
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“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
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“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 a...”
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“No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake, and they don't Think.”