We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
SHEL SILVERSTEINListen 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.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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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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And the tree was happy.
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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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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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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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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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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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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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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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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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