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 WATTERSONIt’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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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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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
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Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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I don’t enjoy lettering very much, but that’s the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.
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Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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