Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
SHEL SILVERSTEINDon’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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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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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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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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Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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Many leaves one tree.
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And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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