Emma Liz
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“If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.” This quotation has been attributed on this site to A.A. Milne but I can't find it in any of his works. Is there any way to query quotes that may be being inaccurately attributed? Or can anybody point me to the text (or similar) where A.A. Milne said or wrote these words?
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Bodhi
Looks like it's not a direct quote (from a little research). It's poetically strung together from a series of ideas in the last scene in the second book, The House at Pooh Corner. I guess it was made as some sort of "greeting card" blurb and was so touching, it spread all over the place. (congrats to whoever that author is). Christopher Robin asks Pooh to promise to never forget about him, then they go off together, but it says they will always be playing there…
Regan Kemper
So glad someone asked. It doesn’t sound like A.A. Milne. I wish Disney never got their hands on the rights to these beautiful works.
Chris
It's not from the book. The final scene in Chapter X of The House at Pooh Corner has the following lines spoken by Christopher Robin: "'Pooh, promise you won’t forget about me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred'" and, after a bit of stumbling for words, "'Pooh, whatever happens, you will understand, won’t you?'" The chapter closes with the final narrative statement by Milne: "So they went off together. 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."
Fran
I don't know where this part comes from but it's not Milne. I often see it followed by the quote about being braver than you believe and that comes from the end of this clip. https://youtu.be/PSWIJcuj9vY
Magill
I think it's from the Winnie the Pooh movie and not the book.
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