Bill Watterson: Quotes about life

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“Reality continues to ruin my life.”

Bill Watterson

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Source: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”

Bill Watterson

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

“When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.”

Bill Watterson

“Calvin: That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.
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Bill Watterson

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

“Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you're not responsible for your actions.
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Bill Watterson

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
Source: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

“Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure.”

Bill Watterson

“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.”

Bill Watterson

“If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.”

Bill Watterson

Source: The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

“Calvin: History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Bill Watterson

Source: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

“Calvin: Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in…But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.
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Bill Watterson

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

“Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.”

Bill Watterson

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

“I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.”

Bill Watterson

Source: The Days Are Just Packed: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

“I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.

- Such as?

- Procrastination and rationalization.”

Bill Watterson Calvin and Hobbes

Source: Calvin and Hobbes

“Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist -- how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!”

Bill Watterson

Interview with John Campanelli of The Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/living/index.ssf/2010/02/bill_watterson_creator_of_belo.html