They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

How sweet to be a Cloud. Floating in the Blue!

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?

Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

The greater the destiny, the greater obstacles you’ll have to overcome. No great destiny comes without great challenges and sacrifices.

Aestheticism is the garbage of intuitive feeling.

There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

I like tattoos. I'm gonna be covered. I'm not going to touch my face or under the chin on the neck: it's my least favorite place.

I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.

Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow's grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature.

As a poet, one lives a bit on air. I always like someone who can teach me something practical.

Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.

I don't know how to explain how, probably to my detriment, unselfpromoting I am. I used to have a cabaret act and I didn't even like to tell me people about that. I really hate selling myself.