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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.

Shel Silverstein

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.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Deep Friendship Goodness Live Love
I’ve found my missin’ piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I’ve found my missin’ piece.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Missing Myself Pieces
We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Hands Romantic See
There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

End Happiness Philosophy Sad
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?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Himself Philosophy
Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Comfortable Freedom Important Leaving Life
I know a way to stay friends forever, there’s really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, and you do it.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Forever Friendship Myself Philosophy
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.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Divine Forget Try
And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Poem Poet Wonderful
Are wild strawberries really wild?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Philosophy Wild
The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Afraid Darkness Light
Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Love Man Tree
Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Deep Himself
If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Book Writing Yourself
Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Clear Explanation Goodness
And the tree was happy.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Happiness Tree
And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Herself Love Man
If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Inspirational Success Thinking
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.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Kind Myself Perfection Talent Truth Wisdom
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Himself Wasted Time
I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Animal Myself Poem Writing
I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Myself People Place Right Wrong
So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Love Myself One Liner
There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

End Place
Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Explanation Talk
Anything is possible. Anything can be.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Inspirational Possible
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 SILVERSTEIN

Children Impossible Inspirational

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