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. MILNEDon’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. MILNEIf you were a bird, and lived on high, You’d lean on the wind when the wind came by, You’d say to the wind when it took you away: ‘That’s where I wanted to go today!
A. A. MILNEIf 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. MILNEFood 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.
A. A. MILNESometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
A. A. MILNEWhenever there comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.
A. A. MILNEIf one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
A. A. MILNESometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
A. A. MILNEShe would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.
A. A. MILNEAny day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
A. A. MILNEPromise you won’t forget me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred.
A. A. MILNESome people care too much. I think it’s called love.
A. A. MILNEBrains first and then Hard Work.
A. A. MILNEA writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
A. A. MILNEWar is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
A. A. MILNEWe’ll be friends until forever, just you wait and see.
A. A. MILNE