And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.
Maurice SendakRead
Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of ensuring the well-being and survival of children during their formative years.
Maurice Sendak expresses a deep-seated passion for the protection and nurturing of children as they navigate through childhood. This reflects a strong commitment to the idea that childhood is a critical phase of life that greatly influences one's future, highlighting the urgency and significance of safeguarding children's emotional and physical well-being.
Themes
ChildrenChildhoodSurvivalWell-BeingConcern
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about child welfare initiatives.
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I'm totally crazy, I know that. I don't say that to be a smartass, but I know that that's the very essence of what makes my work good. And I know my work is good. Not everybody likes it, that's fine. I don't do it for everybody. Or anybody. I do it because I can't not do it.
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That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?
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One of the few graces of getting old - and God knows there are few graces - is that if you've worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone, something happens: The body gets old but the creative mechanism is refreshed, smoothed and oiled and honed. That is the grace. That is what's happening to me.
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To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.
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