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Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.
Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.
Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern
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- Maurice Sendak
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- Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Maurice Sendak, based on documented lifetime 1928 to 2012. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314771 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314771 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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