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.
BILL WATTERSONOne of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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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’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
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Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
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Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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Barney’s Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said “Eat your peas.” Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney’s Mom never found out where he’d gone, Cause Barney didn’t tell her. T
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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