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 SILVERSTEINOnce there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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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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It’s all the same to the clam.
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Many leaves one tree.
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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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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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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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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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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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And the tree was happy.
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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 the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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