Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’t, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me, Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
SHEL SILVERSTEINHe wasted his wishes on wishing.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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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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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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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 the tree was happy.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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And he didn’t really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere because you really have to go somewhere, don’t you?
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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The baby bat Screamed out in fright, turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.
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