1. 8 May



    I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. … 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.
    — 

    Maurice Sendak on Fresh Air in 2011. [all interviews with Sendak here] (via nprfreshair)

    I remember listening to this interview and being so deeply struck by “I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.” I believed him. And it scared me but I could tell it didn’t scare him that much. And I believe it now. I believe that he was ready to go and though we are all certainly going to mourn the loss of such a brilliant, wonderful, and complicated man, I can take solace in this. It’s the best any of us can hope for.

    (via nprfreshair)

     
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