I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
SHEL SILVERSTEINIf you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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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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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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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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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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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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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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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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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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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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