Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
BILL WATTERSONI’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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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?
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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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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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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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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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