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.
BILL WATTERSONThere is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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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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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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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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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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