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 SILVERSTEINComfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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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 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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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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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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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 she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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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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How 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.
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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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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