Shel Silverstein Quotes - Page 6

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• It was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off in search of its missing piece. And as it rolled it sang this song - "Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece I'm lookin' for my missin' piece Hi-dee-ho, here I go, Lookin' for my missin' piece.

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  Song, Missing, Pieces

  Shel Silverstein (1976). “The Missing Piece”, HarperCollins

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• You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows.

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  Lying, Moving, Lions

  Shel Silverstein (1963). “Uncle Shelby's story of Lafcadio, the lion who shot back”

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• why can't you see i'm a kid', said the kid. Why try to make me like you? Why are you hurt when I don't cuddle? Why do you sigh when I splash through a puddle? Why do you scream when I do what I did? Im a kid.

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  Hurt, Kids, Trying

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• I would hope that people, no matter what age, would find something to identify with in my books, pick one up and experience a personal sense of discovery. That's great. But for them, not for me.

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  Book, Discovery, People

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• We can't hold hands― Someone might see. Won't you please Hold toes with me?

  Shel Silverstein

  Hands, Might, Toes

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• Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.

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  Like You, I Don't Like You, Okay

  Shel Silverstein, “Don't Change On My Account”

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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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  Feet, Tree, House

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• Birds are flyin' south for winter. Here's the Weird-Bird headin' north, Wings a-flappin', beak a-chatterin', Cold head bobbin' back 'n' forth. He says, "It's not that I like ice Or freezin' winds and snowy ground. It's just sometimes it's kind of nice To be the only bird in town.

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  Nice, Winter, Wind

  Shel Silverstein, “Weird-Bird”

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• I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you..." "You cannot roll with me," said the Big O, "but perhaps you can roll by yourself.

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  Bigs, Said

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• People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.

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  People, Giving, Credit

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• Ourchestra: So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly. So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose. So we haven't any cymbals- We'll just slap our hands together, And though there may be orchestras That sound a little better With their fancy shiny instruments That cost an awful lot- Hey, we're making music twice as good By playing what we've got!

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  Hands, Play, Together

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• Instead of tug o' war, let's play hug o' war.

  Shel Silverstein

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

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• everything isn't everything

  Shel Silverstein

  Shel Silverstein (1963). “Uncle Shelby's story of Lafcadio, the lion who shot back”

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• Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did. And the tree was happy.

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  Boys, Tree, Down And

  Shel Silverstein, “The Giving Tree”

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