But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
SHEL SILVERSTEINShe 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.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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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 am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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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 sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
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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.
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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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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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Many leaves one tree.
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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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It’s all the same to the clam.
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There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
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