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There's a mystery there, a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.
Maurice Sendak
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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
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Maurice Bernard Sendak
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I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.
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I never can satisfy some need in me to achieve something of incredible hight. For my sake. It puzzles me deeply. And it sours my life. So there is a permanent dissatisfaction.
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Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern.
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And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
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We all want to be renewed, don't we?
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there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality
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I never set out to write books for children. I don't have a feeling that I'm gonna save children or my life is devoted.
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