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1882–1956 England

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems.

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Also known as: Alan Alexander Milne, Milne, Milne, A.A., Pooh, Winnie the Pooh

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Naturally it takes a good deal of Pencil to say a long thing like that.

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

"Yes," said Tigger, "they're very good flyers, Tiggers are. Strornry good flyers."

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

"Nearly eleven o'clock," said Pooh happily. "You're just in time for a little smackerel of something."

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

"You only blinched inside," said Pooh, "and that's the bravest way for a Very Small Animal not to blinch that there is."

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Pooh said good-bye affectionately to his fourteen pots of honey, and hoped they were fifteen; and he and Rabbit went out into the Forest.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

One day when Pooh was thinking, he thought he would go and see Eeyore, because he hadn't seen him since yesterday.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Tell the innocent visitor from another world that two people were killed at Serajevo, and that the best that Europe could do about it was to kill eleven million more.

I don't hold with all this washing. This modern Behind-the-ears nonsense.

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

"And he respects Owl, because you can't help respecting anyone who can spell Tuesday, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count."

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Piglet took Pooh's arm, in case Pooh was frightened.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Oh!" said Pooh again. "What is the North Pole?" "It's just a thing you discover," said Christopher Robin, not being quite sure himself.

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

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.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Piglet looked up, and looked away again. And he felt so Foolish and Uncomfortable that he had almost decided to run away to Sea and be a Sailor, when suddenly he saw something.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

Little Boy kneels at the foot of the bed

When We Were Very Young (1924)

"I've got a sort of idea," said Pooh at last, "but I don't suppose it's a very good one."
"I don't suppose it is either," said Eeyore.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

"That's what Jagular's always do", said Pooh, much interested. "They call 'Help! Help!' and then when you look up, they'll drop on you."

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

If I plant a honeycomb outside my house, then it will grow up into a beehive.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

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