Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
A. A. MILNERivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
A. A. MILNESome people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.
A. A. MILNEShe would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.
A. A. MILNEI do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.
A. A. MILNEPeople say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
A. A. MILNEThe things that make me different are the things that make me.
A. A. MILNEI think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.
A. A. MILNEThink, think, think.
A. A. MILNESo perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
A. A. MILNEThey’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.
A. A. MILNEIt is hard to be brave, when you’re only a very small animal.
A. A. MILNEYou 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. MILNEOrganization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.
A. A. MILNEThe best way to write poetry, letting things come.
A. A. MILNEA bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
A. A. MILNEWhen carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don’t stop and eat it along the way.
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