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Joy Nickolay

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Joy’s Quotes

“You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them. ”
― Maurice Sendak

tags: children

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“And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

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“Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

tags: where-the-wild-things-are

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“Each month is gay,
Each season nice,
When eating
Chicken soup
With rice”
― Maurice Sendak, Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months

tags: childhood, children, poetry

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“And [he] sailed back over a year
and in and out of weeks
and through a day
and into the night of his very own room
where he found his supper waiting for him
and it was still hot”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

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WTFYW Books! — 126 members — last activity Jan 12, 2021 08:26AM
Welcome to a branch off of the WTFYWXS fb group! Same rules apply :) *Feel free to start your own discussions, events, and/or challenges!

What's the Name of That Book??? — 119880 members — last activity 1 hour, 4 min ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Bookworm Bitches — 12418 members — last activity 5 hours, 23 min ago
This group now has a Discord! https://discord.gg/QC8vCNfzKa I would encourage everyone to join as it will become a primary hub for book-of-the-month d ...more