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Daphne Milne: You know what writing a book against war is like? It's like writing a book against Wednesdays. Wednesdays... are a fact of life, and if you don't like them, you could just stay in bed, but you can't stop them because Wednesdays are coming and if today isn't actually a Wednesday it soon will be.
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Christopher Robin Aged 18: There it all is. Just as I left it. As if nothing had happened.
Alan Milne: When I came back, everything seemed wrong. I didn't fit anywhere. Until I came here. Those days with you... I wanted to keep them all. Put them in a box.
Christopher Robin Aged 18: The things that I said before I left...
Alan Milne: They were all true. You're here. That's all that matters.
Christopher Robin Aged 18: In the desert, we were under fire... and one of the men started singing one of the hums of Pooh. He changed the words a bit, but...
Alan Milne: [low chuckle]
Christopher Robin Aged 18: You know. And I thought, "How on earth do you know that song?" And then I remembered...
Alan Milne, Christopher Robin Aged 18: Everyone on earth knows that song.
Christopher Robin Aged 18: But I knew it first. It was mine before it was anyone else's.
Alan Milne: Then I gave it away.
Christopher Robin Aged 18: When they were singing, they were remembering. It was like a magic charm... it took them home to a fireside and a storybook. You did that.
Alan Milne: [inhales] Thank you. I'm sorry you paid the price for it. If I'd known, perhaps I...
Christopher Robin Aged 18: What? Not written it? No. You reminded people what happiness was... what childhood could be when everything else was broken.
Alan Milne: But your own childhood.
Christopher Robin Aged 18: Was wonderful. It was growing up that was hard.
Alan Milne: [smacks lips] Who would have guessed that bear would swallow us up?
Christopher Robin Aged 18: Exactly. This was all ours, wasn't it? Before it was anyone else's.
Alan Milne: Yes. And it always will be.
Gemma Wilks
Extended Reading
Goodbye Christopher Robin quotes
