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William Steig quotes: How did the world ever manage without me before I was born?' he wondered. 'Didn't they feel something was missing?

How did the world ever manage without me before I was born?' he wondered. 'Didn't they feel something was missing?

William Steig quotes: The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand.

The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand.

William Steig quotes: People are no damned good.

People are no damned good.

William Steig quotes: How deeply one felt when alone.

How deeply one felt when alone.

William Steig quotes: The stubbornness of his character stood him now in good stead. He refused to consider himself defeated.

The stubbornness of his character stood him now in good stead. He refused to consider himself defeated.

William Steig quotes: Abel also kept busy taking it easy. Only when taking it easy, he'd learned, could one properly do one's wondering.

Abel also kept busy taking it easy. Only when taking it easy, he'd learned, could one properly do one's wondering.

William Steig quotes: I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up.

I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up.

William Steig quotes: Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.

Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.

William Steig quotes: He began to develop an obstinate patience.

He began to develop an obstinate patience.

William Steig quotes: He was able to love them again, but he loved them now in a wiser way, knowing their weakness.

He was able to love them again, but he loved them now in a wiser way, knowing their weakness.

William Steig quotes: And they lived horribly ever after, scaring the socks off all who fell afoul of them.

And they lived horribly ever after, scaring the socks off all who fell afoul of them.

William Steig quotes: Did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never," growled thunder, "let's give him the works.

Did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never," growled thunder, "let's give him the works.

William Steig quotes: To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them.

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them.

William Steig quotes: I wish I were a rock,' he said, and he became a rock.

I wish I were a rock,' he said, and he became a rock.

William Steig quotes: Never had he been subjected to such rude treatment. How long could it last? How long, he wondered, could he abide it?

Never had he been subjected to such rude treatment. How long could it last? How long, he wondered, could he abide it?

William Steig quotes: People are no damn good.

People are no damn good.

William Steig quotes: I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.

I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.