About reality: "Reality continues to ruin my life."
About dealing with misogynists (you show him Suzie Derkins!):
About the possible effects of television: "Oh, great altar of passive entertainment... Bestow upon me thy discordant images at such speed as to render linear thought impossible!"About life's cruel ironies: "There's an inverse relationship between how good something is for you, and how much fun it is."
About reading: "Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension."
About effective time wasting: "A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do."
About self esteem: "So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they're already met?"
About politics, voter apathy, and idiots who like to hear themselves talk: "When I grow up, I'm not going to read the newspaper and I'm not going to follow complex issues and I'm not going to vote. That way I can complain when the government doesn't represent me. Then, when everything goes down the tubes, I can say the system doesn't work and justify my further lack of participation."
About government:
About writing: "I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!" About history (hmmm): "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."
About elitist intellectualism: "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
About parents: "What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?"
About parenting: "Being a parent is wanting to hug and strangle your kid at the same time."
About parents: "What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?"About crushes:
About artistic interpretation (ok these were just funny):
About agency: "It's only work if somebody makes you do it."
About life: "Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success... ...Flat stretches of boring routine... ...And valleys of frustration and failure."
About death:
That it's ok to feel like sometimes you just don't fit in: About death:
2 comments:
MEGHAN!! Where are you?!?! I've really missed reading your posts!
Calvin and Hobbes rocks!!! Our Complete Calvin and Hobbes Collection are the most valued books in our library (other than the scriptures).
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