Maurice Sendak

Your characters have been called snaggletoothed and grotesque, which raised concerns from the sterile masses.

What many critics failed to see was the beauty and fantasy of your creatures and their stories.

I would sit alone in my room as a child studying your drawings and words and not feel so isolated.

"I refuse to lie to children.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence."

~ Maurice Sendak

A fellow terrier lover, you wrote about Jennie your Sealyham terrier. Jennie has everything a dog could possibly want, but she looks out the window and wonders if there is more to life. So she sets off on an adventure.

RIP Maurice Sendak, you opened up my world as a child reading about Max and Jennie as an adult.