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What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.
Oh Tigger, where are your manners?" "I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.
But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.
Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead.
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?” "Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, “and see what happens.
It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.
When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.
Then would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness.
Come, come, come. Without a monster or two it's not a quest, merely a gaggle of friends wandering about.
When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.
Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more ... to give way to the happiness of the person you love.
Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.
It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
Bouncy trouncy flouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun. The most wonderful thing about tiggers is I'm the only one!
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
And really, it wasn’t much good having anything exciting like floods, if you couldn’t share them with somebody.
Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
For one person who dreams of making fifty thousand pounds, a hundred people dream of being left fifty thousand pounds.
No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake, and they don't Think.
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
Christopher Robin ... just said it had an "x."' 'It isn't their necks I mind,' said Piglet earnestly. 'It's their teeth.
If possible, try to find a way to come downstairs that doesn't involve going bump, bump, bump, on the back of your head.
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.
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.
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
On Monday, when the sun is hot, I wonder to myself a lot. Now is it true, or is it not, that what is which and which is what?
And I’d say to myself as I looked so lazily down at the sea: “There’s nobody else in the world, and the world was made for me.
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?
That's right," said Eeyore. "Sing. Umty-tiddly, umty-too. Here we go gathering Nuts and May. Enjoy yourself." "I am," said Pooh.
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'
They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come.
Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.
What distinguishes Cambridge from Oxford, broadly speaking, is that nobody who has been to Cambridge feels impelled to write about it.