He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein 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?
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
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Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein Anything is possible. Anything can be.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein 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.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein Are wild strawberries really wild?
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein How much good inside a day? Depends on how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends on how much you give ’em.
Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein 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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