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.
SHEL SILVERSTEINNever explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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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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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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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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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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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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Many leaves one tree.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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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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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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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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