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title: "2 Brother and sister Quotes By Maurice Sendak"
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> [I want to be alone and work until the day my heads hits the drawing table and I'm dead. Kaput. I feel very much like I want to be with my brother and sister again. They're nowhere. I know they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-want-to-be-alone-and-work-until-the-day-my-heads-hits-the-drawing/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

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> [For my father the one calamity was that my brother and sister and I never learned to swim. My father, who was very macho, was a strong swimmer and was terribly disappointed to have children who didn't swim. Once when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/for-my-father-the-one-calamity-was-that-my-brother-and-sister-and-i/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

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## More by Maurice Sendak

> [I never thought of Bumble-Ardy in that way. But I still have that same deep feeling for children who are in dire trouble. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-never-thought-of-bumble-ardy-in-that-way-but-i-still-have-that-same/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-was-a-very-sickly-child-my-parents-were-immigrants-they-were-not/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/the-distinctions-of-fine-art-bore-me-to-death/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [The fan mail I get from kids are asking me questions which they do not ask their mothers and fathers. Because if they had,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/the-fan-mail-i-get-from-kids-are-asking-me-questions-which-they-do/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [“May I ask what you have in your black leather bag with gold buckles?" "Everything." They were climbing a narrow staircase. Rhoda stopped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/may-i-ask-what-you-have-in-your-black-leather-bag-with-gold-buckles/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-grew-up-in-a-house-that-was-in-a-constant-state-of-mourning/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/illustrations-have-as-much-to-say-as-the-text-the-trick-is-to-say-the/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [I'm a lucky buck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-m-a-lucky-buck/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-ve-convinced-myself-i-hope-i-m-right-that-children-despair-of-you/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [It's no fun being lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/it-s-no-fun-being-lonely/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/it-dawned-on-me-that-art-was-the-way-i-could-survive/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [I cry a lot because I miss people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-cry-a-lot-because-i-miss-people/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/you-cannot-write-for-children-they-re-much-too-complicated-you-can/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/all-i-liked-to-do-when-i-was-a-kid-was-draw/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

> [I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/i-m-still-as-enamored-and-turned-on-by-work-as-i-was-when-i-was-young/)

[Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/)

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