Today's Quote

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.
Children who fight back, children who are full of excitement are the kind of children I like.
I don't believe in children. I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them.
Max was a little beast, and we're all little beasts. That was what was so novel.
You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.

All from Maurice Sendak, 1928 - 2012

I found this lovely quote this morning....going to re-read his "Ragamuffin Gospel."  


“If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own. We listen to people in other denominations and religions. We don't find demons in those with whom we disagree. We don't cozy up to people who mouth our jargon. If we are open, we rarely resort to either-or: either creation or evolution, liberty or law, sacred or secular, Beethoven or Madonna. We focus on both-and, fully aware that God's truth cannot be imprisoned in a small definition. ” 
― Brennan Manning