Many leaves one tree.
SHEL SILVERSTEINTell 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.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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Everything isn’t everything.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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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.
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I’ve found my missin’ piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I’ve found my missin’ piece.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understand each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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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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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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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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