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
I just wanted to be sure of you.
WHERE did you say it was?' asked Pooh. Just here,' said Eeyore. Made of sticks?' Yes' Oh!' said Piglet. What?' said Eeyore. I just said "Oh!"' said Piglet nervously. And so as to seem quite at ease he hummed Tiddely-pom once or twice in a what-shall-we-do-now kind of way.
Hallo, Eeyore." "Same to you, Pooh Bear, and twice on Thursdays," said Eeyore gloomily. Before Pooh could say: 'Why Thursdays?' Christopher Robin began to explain the sad story of Eeyore's lost house.
In a very little time they got to the corner of the field by the side of the pine wood where Eeyore's house wasn't any longer. 'There!' said Eeyore. 'Not a stick of it left! Of course, I've still got all this snow to do what I like with. One mustn't complain.
It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.
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.
One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows.
Then would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness.
Nowhere can I think so happily as in a train.
Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.
Mind over matter, will make the Pooh unfatter.
Pooh," said Rabbit kindly, "you haven't any brain." "I know," said Pooh humbly.
It's so much more friendly with two.
What ever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.