"Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing."

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Source : "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak" by Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak" by Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. October 19, 2009.

Maurice Sendak

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.”
“I think that [Barack Obama] does say something that's - that is telling on that score, when he talks about the [George W.] Bush tax cuts and the swap he makes after the midterm elections, which is he doesn't agree with the Bush tax cuts.”
“The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare.”
“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
“In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.”
“It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.”
“I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply puts down the book and says, "Oh, it's one of those guys."”
“Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always in the soul. In misfortune lies the seed of future triumph.”

Source : Dean Koontz (2007). “One Door Away from Heaven: A Novel”, p.134, Bantam

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