"And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!"

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Source : Maurice Sendak (1964). “Where the wild things are”, HarperCollins Publishers

Maurice Sendak

“True healing, of deep connective tissue, takes place in community. Where is God when it hurts? Where God's people are.”
“hatred, however apparently justifiable, excusable or inevitable, always damages the hater.”

Source : Dervla Murphy (1995). “Transylvania and Beyond: A Travel Memoir”, p.73, The Overlook Press
“Management has authority only as long as it performs.”
“It is hard to have a true friend, and it is harder to be the one....”
“One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.”

Source : Denise Levertov (1973). “The poet in the world”, New Directions Publishing Corporation
“All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers... Drama's always been realistic and there's always been a detective about... Every play's an investigation brought to a successful conclusion.”
“Is magic not enough to live for?”
“I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward kid. A terrible student. And now I find myself as a filmmaker, and you feel kind of alone in the world because you're separate from everyone else.”

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