Calvin Understood

Anyone who believes that comic strips are simplistic entertainment that appeals to none but the lowest common denominator, take note: Calvin and Hobbes has much to teach us about life. Here are some of my favourite quotes (in no particular order), many of which seem especially insightful given recent events in my life:

Hobbes : "Do you think there's a God?
Calvin : "Well somebody's out to get me!"

Calvin: "I wonder where we go when we die?"
Hobbes: "...Pittsburgh?"
Calvin: "You mean if we're good or if we're bad?"  

Calvin:     Hobbes, what do you think happens to us when we die?
Hobbes:   I think we play saxophone for an all-girl cabaret in New Orleans.
Calvin:     So you believe in heaven?
Hobbes:   Call it what you like.

Calvin: "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. He says it’s colder because the earth's orbit is taking us farther from the sun. He says winter will be here soon.  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?"

 

From the mouth of Hobbes:

“To make a bad day worse, spend it wishing for the impossible.”

"I say, when life gives you a lemon, wing it right back and add some lemons of your own!"

“I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can play together all night!”

Some favourite Calvinisms:

“I love the culture of victimhood.”

 “That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!”

"It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end."

"The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest!"
"The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference."

"I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway."

“I was put on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I'm so far behind I will never die.” 

“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”

“Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.”

“Reality continues to ruin my life.” 

“Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.” 

“You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help.”

Calvin:     Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful?
Hobbes:   Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand-new!
Calvin:     A new year, a fresh clean start!
Hobbes:   It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on!
Calvin:     A day full of possibilities. It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring.