The quotations of

A. A. Milne

British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh

1882–1956

9 quotes, most often on Comedy and Food.

Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIn context
- Comedy
- Thinking
Isn’t it funny
How a bear likes honey?
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
I wonder why he does?
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIn context
- Animals
- Food
Pooh always liked a little something at eleven o’clock in the morning, and he was very glad to see Rabbit getting out the plates and mugs; and when Rabbit said, “Honey or condensed milk with your bread?” he was so excited that he said, “Both,” and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, “But don’t bother about the bread, please.”
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIIn context
- Comedy
- Food
“I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIIIn context
- Comedy
- Intelligence
Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning,” he said. “Which I doubt,” said he.
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter VIIn context
- Comedy
Because my spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter VIIn context
- Comedy
- Writing
“It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.”
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter VIIIn context
- Courage
It’s a little Anxious,” he said to himself, “to be a Very Small Animal Entirely Surrounded by Water.
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IXIn context
- Fear
How sweet to be a Cloud
Floating in the Blue!
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIn context
- Nature

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