Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.
SHEL SILVERSTEINAre wild strawberries really wild?
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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She had blue skin. And so did he. He kept it hid, And so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through, Then passed right by – And never knew.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’t, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me, Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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And he didn’t really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere because you really have to go somewhere, don’t you?
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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