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A.A. Milne
Geburtstag: 18. Januar 1882
Todesdatum: 31. Januar 1956
Alan Alexander Milne [/ˈmɪln/] war ein englischer Schriftsteller.
Neben humorvollen Essays und Theaterstücken schrieb Milne vor allem Kinderbücher, so auch in den 1920er Jahren für seinen Sohn Christopher Robin die weltbekannt gewordenen Geschichten von Pu der Bär.
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„Pooh, how do you spell love?' 'You don't spell love Piglet, you feel it“
Variante: How do you spell love?
You don't spell it, you feel it.
„I 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. Milne, buch Winnie-the-Pooh
Quelle: Winnie-the-Pooh
„What I like doing best is Nothing."
"How do you do Nothing," asked Pooh after he had wondered for a long time.
"Well, it's when people call out at you just as you're going off to do it, 'What are you going to do, Christopher Robin?' and you say, 'Oh, Nothing,' and then you go and do it.
It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."
"Oh!" said Pooh.“
— A.A. Milne, buch Winnie-the-Pooh
Quelle: Winnie-the-Pooh
„People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.“
— A.A. Milne, buch Winnie-the-Pooh
Quelle: Winnie-the-Pooh
„It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?“
— A.A. Milne, buch Winnie-the-Pooh
Quelle: Winnie-the-Pooh
„To the uneducated an A is just three sticks.“
Quelle: The World of Winnie-the-Pooh
„What day is it?"
It's today," squeaked Piglet.
My favorite day," said Pooh.“
— A.A. Milne, buch Winnie-the-Pooh
Variante: What day is it?", asked Winnie the Pooh
"It's today," squeaked Piglet
"My favorite day," said Pooh
Quelle: Winnie-the-Pooh
„Some people care too much. I think it's called love.“
— A.A. Milne, buch Winnie-the-Pooh
Quelle: Winnie-the-Pooh
„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.“
— A.A. Milne, buch The House at Pooh Corner
Quelle: The House at Pooh Corner (1928), Chapter Seven.
Kontext: "Lucky we know the forest so well, or we might get lost," said Rabbit half an hour later, and he gave the careless laugh which you give when you know the Forest so well that you can't get lost.
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."
