"did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"

""Pooh, promise me you won't forget about me, ever. Not even when I am a hundred."
Pooh thought for a little.
"How old shall I be then?"
"Ninety-nine."
Pooh nodded. "I promise," he said."

"I used to believe in forever. But forever's too good to be true.""Some smallest things take up the most room in your heart"

"Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh," he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw, "I just wanted to be sure that you're here.""

"If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. I'll always be with you.""

"Tell me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would; I would never leave."

"They're funny things, accidents. You never have them till you're having them."

"It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't."

"It is hard to be brave, when you're only a very small."

"Those who are clever, who have a brain, never understand anything."

"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."

"It's so much more friendly with two."

"When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little over eleven o'clock."

"Brain first and then the hard work."

"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day."

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."
"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?""

"I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh.
"I wish I were there to be doing it, too.""

"Pooh and Piglet walked home thoughtfully together in the golden evening, and for a long time they were silent.
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said."

"If you live to be 100, I want to live to be 100 minus 1 day so I would never have to live a day without you."

"You can't help respecting anybody who can spell tuesday, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count."

"People who don't Think probably don't have brains; rather, they have gray fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake."

"You can't stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come to you; you have to go to them sometimes."
"I thought it was once. But I suppose it isn't like that at all."

"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."

"The hardest part is what to leave behind, ... It's time to let go!""

"Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, or just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

"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."

~Winnie the Pooh quotes, A. A. Milne

En halua ajatella. Laitoin ajatukseni lukkojen taakse mieleni takahuoneeseen ja heti on jo parempi olla. Hengittelen ja ihastelen ulkomaailmaa. Kuin olisin jäänyt niin paljosta paitsi pitkän aikaa. Silti odotan milloin joku juoksee ohitseni ja tyrkkää veitsen takaisin vanhaan haavaan ja alkaa kääntämään sitä vanhoissa arvissa. Aivan kohta. Se lähestyy jo. Aistin sen tietyn hetken olevan jo liiankin lähellä takanani hengittämässä niskaani ja odottamassa että keskittymiseni herpaantuu. Pelkään että joku huomaa arpeni, heikkouteni ja käyttää niitä väärin minua vastaan. Mutta vielä hetken haluan istua tässä paikoillani ja kuunnella hiljaisuutta. Joka katoaa yhtäkkiä ilman varoituksen sanaa. Kuin lasi putoaisi silloin kädestäni, rikkoituisi pirstaleiksi jalkoihini ja havoittaisi minua. Aion selvitä siitä kaikesta. Aion olla vahva, rohkea ja ennalta-arvaamaton . Aion kohdata sen kaiken pystypäin, urhoollisena. En aio perääntyä, alistua tai katsoa taakseni. Olen juuri nyt liian heikko edes vilkaisemaan menneeseen, joten ajatukset ovat paremmat lukkojen takana. Haluan murehtia vain ja ainoastaan turhia, pieniä ja mitättömiä asioita, unohtaa ne millä oikeasti olisi väliä. Olen liian iloinen, hauras ja varuillaan avatakseni lukkoja, vaikka otteeni lipsuu jo lasista pienien vaisujen ajatusten voimasta jotka tunteet tuovat aina uudestaan esiin mieleeni. Tiedän että lasi putoaa aivan kohta mutta haluan napata sen matkalta, ennen kuin se särkyy maahan odotetusti ja tiputtaa minut mukanaan maahan avaten kaikki lukkoni. Haluan jatkaa eteenpäin. Unohtaa. Haluan olla kuin Nalle Puh, päivä kerrallaan ihmetellen ja eläen hetkissä. Jokin vain huutaa mielessäni etten ikimaailmassa siihen kykene. Siksi vaivun jo nyt epätoivoon ja otan rikkalapion valmiiksi kätösiini, kun alan taas kohta siivoamaan omia pirstaleisia, mutkikkaita ja epätoivoisia sotkujani.