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A. A. Milne Biography

Alan Alexander Milne (/mɪln/; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and was a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II.

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I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.

Trying, Remember, Forget

Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it. " "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.

Bush, Depression, Gloomily, Morning, Song

We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.

Best Friend, Forever, Friends, Friendship, Piglet, Pooh

I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.

Forever, Immortality, Mean, Names, Secretly, World

But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.

Clever, Forever, Six, Stay, Thinking

What ever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Action, Brings, Fear, Fortune, Things

I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.

Diaries, Journal, Kept, Reason, Reason Why

What I like doing best is Nothing. " "How do you do Nothing," asked Pooh after he had wondered for a long time. "Well, it's when people call out at you just as you're going off to do it, 'What are you going to do, Christopher Robin?' and you say, 'Oh, Nothing,' and then you go and do it. It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. " "Oh!" said Pooh.

Asked, Bothering, Long, Mean, People, Said

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.

Bear, Boys, Enchanted, Friendship, Grieving, Way

Once upon a time there were three little foxes Who didn't wear stockings, and they didn't wear sockses, But they all had handkerchiefs to blow their noses, And they kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes.

Blow, Cardboard, Noses, Once Upon A Time, Three, Time

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

Beauty, Food, Home Cooking, Likes, Potatoes, Fellow

That's what Tiggers do best!

Tigger, Tiggers

It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.

Sight, Justice, Tails, Conversation, Nowhere

Walking with her man, Lost in a dream

Dream, Lost, Man, Men, Walking

I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.

Adventure, Children, Happen, Met, Piglet

I'll give you three guesses, Rabbit. Digging holes in the ground? Wrong. Leaping from branch to branch of a young oak tree? Wrong. Waiting for somebody to help me out of the river? Right. Give Rabbit time, and he'll always get the answer.

Answer, Digging A Hole, Giving, Leaping, Rivers, Three

They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.

Funny, Having, Things, Till, Winnie The Pooh Book, Winnie The Pooh Inspirational

It was a drowsy summer afternoon, and the Forest was full of gentle sounds, which all seemed to be saying to Pooh, 'Don't listen to Rabbit, listen to me. ' So he got in a comfortable position for not listening to Rabbit.

Afternoon, Listening, Sound, Summer

When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.

Doorway, Doorways, Friend, Friendship, Having, Trying

So - here I am in the dark alone, There's nobody here to see; I think to myself, I play to myself, And nobody knows what I say to myself; Here I am in the dark alone, What is it going to be? I can think whatever I like to think, I can play whatever I like to play, I can laugh whatever I like to laugh, There's nobody here but me.

Dark, Here I Am, Laugh, Play, Say, Thinking

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