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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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Many leaves one tree.
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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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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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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.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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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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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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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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