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. MILNEWhen you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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Think it over, think it under.
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A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
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Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.
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One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.
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If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
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It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.
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When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.
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I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.
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Walking with her man, Lost in a dream
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Some have brains, and some haven’t, and there it is.
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So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
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Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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Think, think, think.
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A pekingeese is not a pet dog; he is an undersized lion.
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What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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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.
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Whenever there comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.
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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.
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Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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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.
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You are braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, And smarter than you think.
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