And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.
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I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of book! A book is a book is a book.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the sentiment that traditional books hold a unique value that cannot be replicated by digital formats.
In this quote, Maurice Sendak emphasizes the irreplaceable nature of physical books compared to ebooks. He draws a parallel between the intimacy and experience of reading a physical book and the authenticity of human experiences, suggesting that just as there is only one true kind of sex, there is only one true kind of book — the tangible, printed page that engages the reader's senses in a way that electronic books cannot replicate.
Themes
BooksEbooksLiteratureReadingAuthenticity
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a book club meeting to advocate for physical books over digital formats.
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All quotes →From their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.
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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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