But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
SHEL SILVERSTEINOnce there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understand each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings.
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This boat that we just built is just fine – and don’t try to tell us it’s not the sides and the back are divine – It’s the bottom I guess we forgot.
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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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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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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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And the tree was happy.
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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.
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Everything isn’t everything.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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