In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
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Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life… I don’t want the issue of Hobbes’s reality settled by a doll manufacturer.
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What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn’t want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you’d cheat!
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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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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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