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If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#because #children #could #critical #die

My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#old #old world #parents #peasants #were

My parents were very indiscrete. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#very #were

My therapies went on forever. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#therapies #went

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#answer #been #calling #disappointment #hear

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

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#affect #brave #brave man #circumstances #does

Life, if well lived, is long enough. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#life #lived #long #well

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#good #good advice #ill #those #well

I had a weird dream the other night that I was on 'Jersey Shore.' ↗