A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander "A. A." Milnewas 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth18 January 1882
CityHampstead, England
The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.
For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.
So he started to climb out of the hole. He pulled with his front paws, and pushed with his back paws, and in a little while his nose was in the open again ... and then his ears ... and then his front paws ... and then his shoulders ... and then-'Oh, help!' said Pooh, 'I'd better go back,' 'Oh bother!' said Pooh, 'I shall have to go on.' 'I can't do either!' said Pooh, 'Oh help and bother!
The spring has sprung, the grass is rizz. I wonder where them birdies is?
I was walking along looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn't anymore.
Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake, and they don't Think.
I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.
"I just like to know," said Pooh humbly.
When I was young, we always had mornings like this.
One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows.
One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.
Nowhere can I think so happily as in a train.
Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more ... to give way to the happiness of the person you love.