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?
SHEL SILVERSTEINWhen 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?
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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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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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 if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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And the tree was happy.
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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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 in.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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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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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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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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