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 SILVERSTEINOnce there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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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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If you are a dreamer come in.
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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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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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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 boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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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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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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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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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.
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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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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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It’s all the same to the clam.
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