Most children – I know I did when I was a kid – fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They dont tell their real parents about that – you dont want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar. – Maurice Sendak
Ive convinced myself – I hope Im right – that children despair of you if you dont tell them the truth. – Maurice Sendak
Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong. – Maurice Sendak
I hate those e-books. They can not be the future… they may well be… I will be dead. – Maurice Sendak
In the depth of the near depression, that he faced when he came in, Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress provided recovery funds that literally kept our classrooms open. Two years ago, these funds saved nearly 20,000 teacher and education jobs – just here in North Carolina. – Jim Hunt