Christopher Robin was sitting outside his door, putting on his Big Boots. As soon as he saw the Big Boots, Pooh knew that an Adventure was going to happen, and he brushed the honey off his nose with the back of his paw, and spruced himself up as well as he could, so as to look ready for Anything.

Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more ... to give way to the happiness of the person you love.

WHERE did you say it was?' asked Pooh. Just here,' said Eeyore. Made of sticks?' Yes' Oh!' said Piglet. What?' said Eeyore. I just said "Oh!"' said Piglet nervously. And so as to seem quite at ease he hummed Tiddely-pom once or twice in a what-shall-we-do-now kind of way.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.

I do like a little bit of butter to my bread.

A pekingeese is not a pet dog; he is an undersized lion.