Shel Silverstein Quotes - Page 6

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• I've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my missin' piece!

  Shel Silverstein

  Grease, Pieces, Knees

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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.

  Shel Silverstein

  Song, Missing, Pieces

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

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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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• everything isn't everything

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

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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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• Ricky was "L" but he's home with the flu, Lizzie, our "O," had some homework to do, Mitchell, "E" prob'ly got lost on the way, So I'm all of the love that could make it today.

  Shel Silverstein

  Home, Flu, Today

  Shel Silverstein, “Love”

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

  Shel Silverstein

  Boys, Tree, Down And

  Shel Silverstein, “The Giving Tree”

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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.

  Shel Silverstein

  Nice, Winter, Wind

  Shel Silverstein, “Weird-Bird”

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

  Shel Silverstein

  Like You, I Don't Like You, Okay

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

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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.

  Shel Silverstein

  Bigs, Said

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

  Shel Silverstein

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

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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.

  Shel Silverstein

  Book, Discovery, People

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

  Shel Silverstein

  People, Giving, Credit

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