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All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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As a kid, all I thought about was death. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there's no doubt about that. We just don't like to think about it. Certainly the men don't like to think about it. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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