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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.

Shel Silverstein

And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Happiness Love Tree
Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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Deep Himself
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
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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Kind Myself Perfection Talent Truth Wisdom
And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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Herself Love Man
Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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Inspirational Possible
If you are a dreamer come in.
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Dream One Liner
There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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End Place
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
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Himself Wasted Time
I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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Myself Self Love
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?
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Light Philosophy Stop
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
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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Himself Philosophy
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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Herself Hide Life Search Skin
Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Savage Yourself
Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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Explanation Talk
But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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Magic Myself One Liner Self Love
If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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Inspirational Success Thinking
So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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Love Myself One Liner
And the tree was happy.
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Happiness Tree
Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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Comfortable Freedom Important Leaving Life
The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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Afraid Darkness Light
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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Dream Story Yourself
Many leaves one tree.
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Oneself Tree
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
Are wild strawberries really wild?
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Philosophy Wild

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