Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
SHEL SILVERSTEINSometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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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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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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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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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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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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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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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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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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