Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
BILL WATTERSONLeader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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Sleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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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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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
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I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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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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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said ‘I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
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[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
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I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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