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And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it.

Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it's not all mixed up.

When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

They always take longer than you think.

We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.

He respects owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

But I can't stay here for a week!"
"You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.

When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.

A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.

It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.

You mean Piglet. The little fellow with the excited ears. That's Piglet.

She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.

Would you mind coming with me, Piglet, in case they turn out to be Hostile Animals?

I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.

Hallo, Rabbit," he said, "is that you?"
"Let's pretend it isn't," said Rabbit, "and see what happens.

I wish I'd been alive when the internet was invented. I'd have sold so many more books ...

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

When speaking to a Bear of Very Little Brain, remember that long words may bother him.

If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.

What distinguishes Cambridge from Oxford, broadly speaking, is that nobody who has been to Cambridge feels impelled to write about it.

Drinking your milk and talking at the same time may result in your having to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwords.

Forever isn't long at all, Christopher, as long as I'm with you.

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.

How sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue! It makes him very proud To be a little cloud.

Non apibus dubitandem est.
(You never can tell with bees.)
~ Winnie ille Pu

On Tuesday, when it hails and snows,
The feeling on me grows and grows
That hardly anybody knows
If those are these or these are those.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

There must be somebody there, because somebody must have said Nobody.

it all comes of liking honey so much.

It's so much more friendly with two.

I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.

I didn't bounce, I coughed," said Tigger crossly.
"Bouncy or coffy, it's all the same at the bottom of the river.

Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.

Do go and see, Owl. Because Pooh hasn't got very much brain, and he might do something silly, and I do love him so, Owl. Do you see, Owl?

Turn around, Piglet. Step lightly, Pooh. This silly ol' dance is perfect for two.

Be sure to put the knocker fairly low on your door in case a very small friend drops by.

How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it ... you feel it." - Pooh

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh.
"I wish I were there to be doing it, too.

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.

For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

Well, if you listen, Piglet, you'll hear it."
"How do you know I'm not listening?" Pooh couldn't answer that one, so he began to sing.

He could see the honey, he could smell the honey, but he couldn't quite reach the honey.

Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.

You are stronger than you seem,
Braver than you believe,
and smarter than you think you are.

Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.

There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.

TTFN Ta Ta For Now!

Think, think, think.

I'm Short and fat and proud of that!!

And really, it wasn't much good having anything exciting like floods, if you couldn't share them with somebody.

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

Promise you won't forget me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred.

Well, you both went out with the blue balloon, and you took your gun with you, just in case, as you always did,

As soon as I saw you I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.

The more - the merrier.

Life is so much friendlier with two.

No sensible author wants anything but praise.

You are braver then you believe, stronger then you seem, and smarter then you think.

Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.

Washing, this modern behind the ears nonsense.

I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.

But it's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.

Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups?

I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

He said it twice because he had never said it before, and it sounded funny.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like What about lunch?

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.

She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: Winter is dead.

Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.

Some poeople care too much....I think its called Loved

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

King John was not a good man -
He had his little ways.
And sometimes no one spoke to him
For days and days and days.

The hardest part is what to leave behind, ... It's time to let go!

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

I found a little beetle, so that beetle was his name

Think it over, think it under.

What day is it?"
It's today," squeaked Piglet.
My favorite day," said Pooh.

No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.

You know, when once you've discovered a secret yourself, it always seems as if it must be so obvious to everybody else.

And I know it seems easy," said Piglet to himself,"but it isn't every one who could do it.

Piglet: "How do you spell 'love'?" Winnie the Pooh: "You don't spell it ... you feel it."

It isn't as easy as I thought. I suppose that's why Heffalumps hardly ever get caught.

Then would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness.

I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.

The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake-you are undoubtedly a man.

It all comes," said Pooh crossly, "of not having front doors big enough.

Brains first and then Hard Work.

Let's begin by taking a smallish nap or two.

Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.

You never can tell with bees.

I was walking along looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn't anymore.

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.