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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

Bill Watterson

You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Chemistry Design Ingredients
Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
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Alive Art Moving
MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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Mom Thirsty Water
I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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Liked Thing Understand
I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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Hate Kids Like
Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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Disappointment Friendship Harder Swearing
Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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Day Seize Throttle Tomorrow
On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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Cultural Disintegrating Impact Less Money
I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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Detours Ideas Recognizing Success Trying
Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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Acid Failing Tests
You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Detours Failure Resources Wells
Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
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Dad Morning Three
Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Faces People Possums
I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
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Actually Artist Quality Smoke Tell
Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Demand Ecstasy Enough
Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
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Footstep Important Made Matter Precious

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