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I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.


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And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.



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



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And the walls became the world all around.



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There must be more to life than having everything.



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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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I had fallen out of my secure world, precipitated beyond the territories I had only begun to control so skillfully. What a foolish step to take. What an insane move to make.



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Like mighty eagle soaring light. O'er antelopes on Alpine height. The anchor heaves, the ship swings free, The sails swell full. To sea, to sea!



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