If you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
SHEL SILVERSTEINDon’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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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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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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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 can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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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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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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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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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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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 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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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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