Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.
If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.
Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?
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.
No brain at all, some of them [people], only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake, and they don't Think.
On Tuesday, when it hails and snows, The feeling on me grows and grows That hardly anybody knows If those are these or these are those.
On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, and I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it's true That who is what and what is who." - Winnie-the-Pooh
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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