There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
SHEL SILVERSTEINComfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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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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How much good inside a day? Depends on how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends on how much you give ’em.
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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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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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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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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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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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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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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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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I’ve found my missin’ piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I’ve found my missin’ piece.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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