It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
A. A. MilneIt gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
A. A. MilneThe old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.
A. A. Milne