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. A. A. Milne Read Quote
A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain. A. A. Milne Read Quote
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first. A. A. Milne Read Quote
I gave up writing children’s books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from ‘Punch’: as I have always wanted to escape. In vain. A. A. Milne Read Quote
War is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there. A. A. Milne Read Quote
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. A. A. Milne Read Quote
Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad. A. A. Milne Read Quote
