I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
SHEL SILVERSTEINListen 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.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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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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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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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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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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