Maurice Sendak

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Where the Wild Things Are (1963)

April 9th, 1963

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Max, a wild and naughty boy, is sent to bed without his supper by his exhausted mother.

In his room, he imagines sailing far away to a land of Wild Things.

Instead of eating him...the Wild Things make Max their king...

Where the Wild Things Are (1963)
What really matters is that we should all of us realize that we are guilty of inhumanity. The horror of this realization should shake us out of our lethargy so that we can direct our hopes and our intentions to the coming of an era in which war will have no place.

Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his remarks on receiving the 1952 Nobel Peace prize (a year later, in 1953).