I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
SHEL SILVERSTEINIf you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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And the tree was happy.
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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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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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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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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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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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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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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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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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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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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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
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