"Children are tough, though we tend to think……" — Maurice Sendak
"Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sentimentalize children, but they know what's real and what's not. They understand metaphor and symbol. If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross."
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146 Quotes by Maurice Sendak
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I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'
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I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.
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That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life.
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