#ld

The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born. ↗

— Hun Sen

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To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#believing #child #get #hard #hard thing

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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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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Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#beyond #certainly #children #comprehension #emotional

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

#convinced #despair #down #everything #hope

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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I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

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

— Maurice Sendak

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