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.
SHEL SILVERSTEINI know a way to stay friends forever, there’s really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, and you do it.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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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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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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Many leaves one tree.
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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And the tree was happy.
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I’ve found my missin’ piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I’ve found my missin’ piece.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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Everything isn’t everything.
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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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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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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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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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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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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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.
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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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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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