If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
BILL WATTERSONYou will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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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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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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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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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
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Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
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Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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