Alan Alexander Milne

​The animal characters shown above are from the Winnie-the-Pooh series, created by Alan Alexander Milne, including from left to right, Piglet, Pooh Bear, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, and Roo. Christopher Robin is the human child in the series, and an actual photograph as well as an artist’s rendition of him appear later in this article.
 
“‘What day is it?’ ‘It’s today,’ squeaked Piglet. ‘My favorite day,’ said Pooh.” -A. A. Milne
 
“‘We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. ‘Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” -A. A. Milne
 
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
 
“Christopher Robin was sitting outside his door, putting on his Big Boots. As soon as he saw the Big Boots, Pooh knew that an Adventure was about to happen, and he brushed the honey off his nose with the back of his paw, and spruced himself up as well as he could, so as to look Ready for Anything.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
 
“A bear however hard he tries grows tubby without exercise.” -A. A. Milne: “Teddy Bear”; type of work: poem

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” -A. A. Milne
 
“It’s so much more friendly with two.” -A. A. Milne

“‘Well,’ said Pooh, ‘what I like best -’ and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called.” -A. A. Milne: “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928), Chapter Ten
 
“I do like a little bit of butter to my bread.” -A. A. Milne
 
“Friendship,” said Pooh, “is a very Comforting sort of Thing.” -A. A. Milne
 
“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, ‘There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.’” -A. A. Milne: “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928): Chapter Six
 
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” -A. A. Milne
 
A black bear cub named Winnipeg, or Winnie for short, was once one of the most popular attractions at the London Zoo, after it was donated to the zoo by Canada in 1915. Winnie became a favorite of Christopher Robin Milne and inspired the stories written by his father A. A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh.
 
“The things that make me different are the things that make me me.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
 
“Because my spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926), Chapter Six; words of Pooh
 
“Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two.” -A. A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
 
“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.” -A. A. Milne: “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928), ‘Chapter Six - In which Pooh invents a new game and Eeyore joins in’

​Once upon a time, not so long ago and not so far away, the fictional Winnie-the-Pooh and the fictional Christopher Robin originated as a real toy teddy bear and a real human child, named Christopher Robin Milne, who was the son of Alan Alexander Milne.
 
Christopher Robin Milne was born on 21 August 1920 in Chelsea, London, England, as the son of Daphne de Sélincourt and her husband, the writer Alan Alexander Milne, who is the subject of this collection of quotations and a bit more. As a child, Christopher Robin Milne was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories and in two books of poems: “When We Were Very Young” (1924) and “Now We Are Six” (1927). Christopher Robin Milne passed on at 75 years of age on 20 April 1996 in Totnes, Devon, England.
 
“Kanga said to Roo, ‘Drink up your milk first, dear, and talk afterwards.’ So Roo, who was drinking his milk, tried to say that he could do both at once . . . and had to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwards.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926), Chapter Ten
 
“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926), Chapter 4
 
Pooh and Piglet walked home thoughtfully together in the golden evening, and for a long time they were silent. “When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?” “What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?” “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said. -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
 
How sweet to be a cloud
Floating in the blue.
-A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
 
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” -A. A. Milne
 
“What I say is, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” -A. A. Milne

​Alan Alexander Milne, also known as A. A. Milne, was born on 18 January 1882 in Kilburn, London, England. He was married to Daphne de Sélincourt in 1913. Together, the couple had a son named Christopher Robin Milne, who became the character Christopher Robin in Mr. Milne’s books. Alan Alexander Milne became a humorist, a novelist, a playwright, and a poet. He is remembered as the author of the book, “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926). Alan Alexander Milne passed on at 74 years of age on 31 January 1956 in Hartfield, Sussex, England.
 
Time is swift, it races by;
Opportunities are born and die . . .
Still you wait and will not try -
A bird with wings who dares not
rise and fly.
-A. A. Milne
 
“As I wandered round the bookstall, thinking, I came across a little book, sixpence in cloth, a shilling in leather, called “Proverbs and Maxims.” It contained some thousands of the best thoughts in all languages, such as have guided men along the path of truth since the beginning of the world . . . The thought occurred to me that an interesting article might be extracted from it, so I bought the book.” -A.A. Milne: “Not That It Matters,” ‘At the Bookstall’
 
“Pooh,” said Rabbit kindly, “you haven’t any brain.”
“I know,” said Pooh humbly.
-A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
 
“To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926), line spoken by fictional character Eeyore
 
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Tigger or Eeyore?
 
Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore are all good pals. They play together, go on adventures, and learn things. Each of them cares deeply for his buddies. When you think of Tigger, what comes to mind? What is he like? Happy, silly, energetic, positive, not too smart, carefree . . . When you think of Eeyore, what comes to mind? Sad, slow, dejected, pessimistic . . .
 
When anything happens, Eeyore expects the worst. He expects the weather to be rainy, the shelter to be uncomfortable, the hike to be too long, the water be too warm and the food too cold. He sets his expectations way low so he is seldom disappointed, but then he has nothing to look forward to.
 
Tigger, on the other hand, sees fun and adventure in everything. He hops rather than walks, jumps rather than runs, and bounces rather than sitting still. He sees the rainbow through the clouds, notices something new at every step of a hike, and believes every minute of life is a gift to enjoy. He may not always think things through, but he is always looking ahead to the next adventure.
 
So, who are you? Are you more of an Eeyore, plodding through life, sure that school will be hard, friends will be few, and there won’t be much fun to do on the weekend? Or are you like Tigger, ready to make every task a game, every day an adventure, and every challenge an opportunity?
 
by Author Unknown
 
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“If you want to make a song more hummy add a few tiddely poms.” -A. A. Milne

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” -A. A. Milne
 
“It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926), Chapter Seven
 
“Piglet was so excited at the idea of being useful that he forgot to be frightened anymore.” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
 
“Piglet took Pooh’s arm, in case Pooh was frightened.” -A. A. Milne: “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928), Chapter Four
 
“Then Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh walked hand in hand down the forest path and they said goodbye. So they went off together. But 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 and waiting.” -A. A. Milne: “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928), Chapter 10
 
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” -A. A. Milne
 
“He said, ‘If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart, I’ll always be with you.’” -A. A. Milne: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926), words of fictional character Christopher Robin
 
“I’m not going to do just nothing anymore.” -A. A. Milne: “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928)
 
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