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 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?
SHEL SILVERSTEINAnd 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 SILVERSTEINAnd the tree was happy.
SHEL SILVERSTEINOnce 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 SILVERSTEINAnd all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
SHEL SILVERSTEINIt’s all the same to the clam.
SHEL SILVERSTEINAnd the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
SHEL SILVERSTEINIf there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
SHEL SILVERSTEINHe wasted his wishes on wishing.
SHEL SILVERSTEINHow 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 SILVERSTEINBut all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
SHEL SILVERSTEINThis 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.
SHEL SILVERSTEINOnce there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
SHEL SILVERSTEINComfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
SHEL SILVERSTEINThere are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
SHEL SILVERSTEINAnything is possible. Anything can be.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN