#lie

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#again #believe #brother #expect #fully

I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#beautiful #being #book #gogh #i

I refuse to lie to children. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#i #lie #refuse

I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#experience #grown-up #i #i can #judgment

You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#emily #fervently #gods #gotten #herman

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#every #every man #exercise #judgment #man

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#architects #before #believe #builders #days

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#end #many #relief #some #wish

The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#countries #democracy #elections #freedom #helped

It was improv that really helped me start coming up with recipes and just believe in my instincts. That's why the first recipe I made up was 'I Ain't Chicken Chicken' because I finally felt bold and fearless in the kitchen, which was an entirely new feeling for me. ↗

— Aarti Sequeira

#believe #bold #chicken #coming #entirely