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 SILVERSTEINNever explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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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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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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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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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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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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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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And the tree was happy.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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