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.
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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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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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.
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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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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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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Many leaves one tree.
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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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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.
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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