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I know there are supposedly happy people in this world. I never believed it, but I take it for granted. God knows, they're all on television.
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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What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe.
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Life has only gotten better personally for me as I've gotten older. I mean, being young was such a gross waste of time. I was just such a miserable, miserable person.
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To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult.
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You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely.
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I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'
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Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.
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I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.
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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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In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.
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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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There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.
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