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That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#child #confronted #critical #direction #father

There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#attached #books #certain #music #pieces

There's so much more to a book than just the reading. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#just #more #much #reading #than

What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#children #deep #difficult #how #i

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#does #favorable #know #port #sailing

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#birthday #day #eternity #fear #last

No man was ever wise by chance. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#chance #ever #man #wise

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#anger #anything #harm #more #poured

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#cheerfully #fingers #give #grace #hesitation

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open? ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#does #god #govern #hearts #i