It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: 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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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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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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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
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Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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One 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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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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