In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger. (Maurice Sendak)

In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.

Maurice Sendak

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