Quotes from Shel Silverstein

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

What did the carrot say to the wheat? Lettuce rest, I'm feeling beet.

I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it.

G'bye, I'm going out to play!

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.

And the tree was happy

Ricky was L but he's home with the flu, Lizzie, our O, had some homework to do, Mitchell, E prob'ly got lost on the way, So I'm all of the love that could make it today.