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Maurice Sendak Quotes: I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'
         

I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'


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'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.



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I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.



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Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.



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I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.



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A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.



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