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" Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. "
Maurice Sendak
You
Parents
Want
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" When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. "
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" I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them. "
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Childhood
Children
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Love
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Myself
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Me
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You
Death
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