“The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole.”
Janette Rallison (1966) American writer
Source: My Fair Godmother
“Ever ever after
It may only be a wish away”
Ever Ever After
Enchanted (2007)
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It may only be a wish away" by Stephen Schwartz?
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