A crumpled grey party hat beside a deflated pink balloon and a loose ribbon on a lilac background. — Original artwork

“Ha-ha”, said Eeyore bitterly. “Merriment and what-not. Don’t apologize. It’s just what would happen.”

A.A. Milne

Promise me, Pooh, that you won't forget me ever, because if I thought you would, I wouldn't leave.

A.A. Milne

A pale pink knitted garment drapes over a wooden stool with an empty sleeve hanging down. — Original artwork

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

A.A. Milne

Wherever I am, there’s always Pooh, there’s always Pooh and me. Whatever I do, he wants to do; ‘Where are you going today?’ says pooh, ‘Well that’s very odd, cos I was too. Lets go together’ says pooh, says he, ‘Lets go together’ says Pooh.

A.A. Milne

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.

Winnie the Pooh

Painterly small acorn beside a curled golden oak leaf on a moss-green surface. — Original artwork

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

Piglet

"Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."

Piglet

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.

Winnie the Pooh

A drooping purple thistle leans beside a weathered wooden post in a misty grey field. — Original artwork

We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.

Eeyore

It's snowing still. And freezing. However, we haven't had an earthquake lately.

Eeyore

A ceramic honey pot tipped on its side with honey flowing into a small hexagonal dish on a sky-blue background. — Original artwork

The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey. And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it.

Winnie the Pooh

Painterly bee resting on a broken golden honeycomb with drops of honey in warm amber light. — Original artwork

When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming.

Winnie the Pooh

Two ceramic mugs sit close together inside a rust-coloured knitted mitten against pale yellow. — Original artwork

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

Eeyore

A small wooden chair, golden plush dog and folded paper kite on a flower-covered green mound beneath a blue sky. — Original artwork

But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.

The House at Pooh Corner (1928), ch. 10