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And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

Maurice Sendak's acceptance speech upon being awarded the Caldecott Medal for "Where the Wild Things Are" (1964), as quoted in "Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1956-65" edited by Lee Kingman, 1965.
And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.