A.A. Milne
(Alan Alexander Milne)
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Born : January 18, 1882
Died : January 31, 1956
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In 1916, A. A. Milne, renowned author of Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), fought in one of the bloodiest battles of World War I: the Battle of the Somme. Milne was injured and returned home to his wife with severe PTSD. While at home, he was triggered by buzzing bees, thinking they were whizzing bullets, and popping balloons, mistaking them as cannons firing. Milne was reinvigorated by the birth of his son, Christopher Robin Milne, in 1920. However, still suffering from severe PTSD, he embarked on a journey firstly to offer a lighthearted distraction from such dark times and secondly to explain to his son through his writing the dificulties of war, a complex and gruesome topic. Milne began his short story collection, Winnie-the-Pooh, basing the central characters on his son Christopher and his stuffed animal.
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(Alan Alexander Milne)
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Born : January 18, 1882
Died : January 31, 1956
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In 1916, A. A. Milne, renowned author of Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), fought in one of the bloodiest battles of World War I: the Battle of the Somme. Milne was injured and returned home to his wife with severe PTSD. While at home, he was triggered by buzzing bees, thinking they were whizzing bullets, and popping balloons, mistaking them as cannons firing. Milne was reinvigorated by the birth of his son, Christopher Robin Milne, in 1920. However, still suffering from severe PTSD, he embarked on a journey firstly to offer a lighthearted distraction from such dark times and secondly to explain to his son through his writing the dificulties of war, a complex and gruesome topic. Milne began his short story collection, Winnie-the-Pooh, basing the central characters on his son Christopher and his stuffed animal.
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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― The House at Pooh Corner
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― The House at Pooh Corner
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“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
― Winnie-the-Pooh
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“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
― Winnie-the-Pooh
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“How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh”
"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh”
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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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“Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.”
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“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
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“What day is it?” asked Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
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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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“I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh.
"I wish I were there to be doing it, too.”
"I wish I were there to be doing it, too.”
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“Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has Brain."
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."
There was a long silence.
"I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything.”
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has Brain."
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."
There was a long silence.
"I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything.”
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“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.”
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“Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.”
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