267 Quotes by Shel Silverstein

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    Teddy said it was a hat, So I put it on. Now dad is saying, “where the heck’s the toilet plunger gone?

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    If you want to find out what a writer or a cartoonist really feels, look at his work. That’s enough.

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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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    This bridge will take you halfway there – the last few steps you will have to take yourself.

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    You’d better get your laugh while you’re making your point, or you won’t be doing it very long.

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    TREE HOUSE A tree house, a free house, A secret you and me house, A high up in the leafy branches Cozy as can be house. A street house, a neat house, Be sure to wipe your feet house Is not my kind of house at all- Let’s go live in a tree house.

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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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    Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.

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