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Shel Silverstein Quotes

Total quotes: 21
“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
— Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic Special Edition
Tagged: Grief, Grieving, Happy Endings, Endings, Sadness, Happiness
“….and she loved a little boy very, very much– even more than she loved herself.”
— Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
Tagged: Love, Unconditional Love, Tru love, Everlasting love
“So I’m all of love that could make it today.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
Tagged: Love, goal, Desire
“He wasted his wishes on wishing.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Tagged: Wishful Thinking
“And all the colors I am inside
Have not been invented yet.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
Tagged: self, Self & Identity, Self Construction, self awareness, Self-Worth, Discovering Yourself, Living, Experience, Self-Discovery, Living Boldly, Life, poem, Poetry
“I can be someone’s and still be my own.”
— Shel Silverstein, The Missing Piece
Tagged: Identity, One's Own
“If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . .
If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
Tagged: Dreamers, Invitation, inclusiveness, Inclusion
“It's always a nice feeling, having people think that you feel things much deeper than you're allowed to say, but this isn't true. If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That's enough.”
— Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein Comes Alive in a New Book, 12 Years After His Death
Tagged: Artists Describing Themselves, Writer Secrets, Writer's Truth, The Atlantic, The Atlantic Magazine, TheAtlantic.com, Atlantic, News, Opinion, breaking news, analysis, commentary, Business, Politics, Culture, international, Science, Technology, national and life
“There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Tagged: Beginnings, Nature, Magic, Youth
“If you have to dry the dishes
And you drop one on the floor–
Maybe they won't let you
Dry the dishes anymore.”
— Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic
Tagged: chores, Housework
“I don’t care that much about prestige. I’ve had enough of it to know how little it matters. It doesn’t matter that much.”
— Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein Stars & Stripes Interview, 1968
Tagged: Being Written About, Famous People
“Poor, poor fool why can’t you see
She can love others and still love thee.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Tagged: Poetic, Love Poem, Loyalty, Relationship
“Mrs. McTwitter the baby-sitter,
I think she's a little bit crazy.
She thinks a baby-sitter's supposed
To sit upon the baby.”
— Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic
Tagged: babysitting
“You know, years ago when you were a kid, it was your dream to make ‘Who’s Who’ or something like that. But after a while you realize it doesn’t mean a damn thing. Everybody knows who you are, if you are worth knowing.”
— Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein Stars & Stripes Interview, 1968
Tagged: Being Written About, Famous People
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
Tagged: Possibility, Dreams
“Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could,
"well, an old stump is a good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."
And the boy did.
And the tree was happy.”
— Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
Tagged: The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
“How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.”
— Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic
Tagged: Children's Book Quotes, Children's Books, Life Lessons
“I made myself a snowball
As perfect as could be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for its head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first–it wet the bed.”
— Shel Silverstein, Falling Up
Tagged: poem
“But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
Tagged: Imagination, Creating New Possibilities
“How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.”
— Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic Special Edition
Tagged: Friendship, Get What You Give
“Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child,
Listen to the DON’TS
Listen to the SHOULDN’TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Tagged: Children's Book Quotes, Children's Books
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