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I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.
Maurice Sendak
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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
Artist
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Maurice Bernard Sendak
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We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.
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And the walls became the world all around.
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I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.
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If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross.
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Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.
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there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality
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