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 SILVERSTEINIf there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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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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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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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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Everything isn’t everything.
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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I know a way to stay friends forever, there’s really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, and you do it.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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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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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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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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