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 SILVERSTEINThere are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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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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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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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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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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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 all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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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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