Maurice Sendak Quotes

“Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.”

“And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.”

“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”

“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”

“And now,” cried Max, “let the wild rumpus start!”

“Oh, please don’t go—we’ll eat you up—we love you so!”