This boat that we just built is just fine – and don’t try to tell us it’s not the sides and the back are divine – It’s the bottom I guess we forgot.
SHEL SILVERSTEINI am writing these poems From inside a lion.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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Many leaves one tree.
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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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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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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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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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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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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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I know a way to stay friends forever, there’s really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, and you do it.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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