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Life Quotes by Maurice Sendak
- As a child, I felt that books were holy objects, to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for. I gave my life to them.…
- It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen…
- I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate…
- That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.
- A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a kid, my sister,…
- I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
- I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.
- I have been doodling with ink and watercolor on paper all my life. It's my way of stirring up my imagination to see what I…
- There must be more to life than having everything.
- If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me…
- Kids lead a very private life.
- My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.
- Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell…
- When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's…
- You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These…
- I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very,…
- Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart. And when…
- A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.
- I have a good life.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle