Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
BILL WATTERSONLife is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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