8 Quotes & Sayings By Margery Williams Bianco

Margery Williams Bianco (1864-1943) was an American author and playwright. She was best known for her children's books, which she wrote and illustrated under the pen name of "A. A. Milne" Read more

With her husband, poet G. K. Chesterton, she had a son, Christopher Robin Milne, who later became a writer as well as a conservationist and naturalist.

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Real isn't how you are made, ' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.''Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit. 'Sometimes, ' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.' 'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up, ' he asked, 'or bit by bit?' 'It doesn't happen all at once, ' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. . Margery Williams Bianco
He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because...
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He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter. Margery Williams Bianco
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You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand. Margery Williams Bianco
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Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. Margery Williams Bianco
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When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real. Margery Williams Bianco
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But the thing that .. . that I touched .. . " I cried. "It was furry! It-" I stopped short, taken with a shudder. "I know, " said Herrick. Margery Williams Bianco
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When you are Real you don't mind being hurt. Margery Williams Bianco