He wasted his wishes on wishing.
SHEL SILVERSTEINAnd the tree was happy.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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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.
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And the tree was happy.
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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She had blue skin. And so did he. He kept it hid, And so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through, Then passed right by – And never knew.
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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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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet, write it.
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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.
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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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