“Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sentimentalize children, but they know what’s real and what’s not. They understand metaphor and symbol.”
More from Maurice Sendak
“They leave me and I love them more.”
“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen.”
“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
“They leave me and I love them more.”