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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.

Shel Silverstein

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 SILVERSTEIN

Kind Myself Perfection Talent Truth Wisdom
But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Magic Myself One Liner Self Love
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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Divine Forget Try
Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Deep Himself
Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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Explanation Talk
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.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Children Impossible Inspirational
And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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Myself Self Love Worth
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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Deep Friendship Goodness Live Love
Many leaves one tree.
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Oneself Tree
It’s all the same to the clam.
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One Liner
Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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Savage Yourself
So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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Love Myself One Liner
And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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Poem Poet Wonderful
Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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Comfortable Freedom Important Leaving Life
Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Mental Myself Sad
If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Book Writing Yourself
I’ve found my missin’ piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I’ve found my missin’ piece.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Missing Myself Pieces
If you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Dream Story Yourself
I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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Myself People Place Right Wrong
Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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Clear Explanation Goodness
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Himself Wasted Time
Are wild strawberries really wild?
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Philosophy Wild
And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Happiness Love Tree
When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Light Philosophy Stop
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understand each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings.
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Flower Language Myself Secret Smile Understand
If you are a dreamer come in.
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Dream One Liner
The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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Afraid Darkness Light

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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