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Shel Silverstein Quotes for Scrapbooking

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Shel Silverstein Quotes for Scrapbooking

Imagination - Shel Silverstein Quotes Scrapbook Page

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Quotes are a quick way to add journaling to your scrapbook pages. These Shel Silverstein quotes have been selected especially for added inspiration on your scrapbook pages. Shel Silverstein is an author and poet who has captured the imagination of children and adults alike. These quotes are perfect to add that final touch to your child themed scrapbook pages.

Visit the 24 Quotes 24 Scrapbook Pages gallery for ideas for using quotes on your scrapbook pages.

Shel Silverstein Quotes for Scrapbooking:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.
  • 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? I'm a kid.
  • Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings, And shared a conversation with the housefly in my bed. - From Forgotten Language
  • Teddy said it was a hat, So I put it on. Now dad is saying, "where the heck's the toilet plunger gone?
  • I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
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