"History is the fiction we invent to persuade……" — Bill Watterson
"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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259 Quotes by Bill Watterson
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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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It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out.
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.
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Genius is never understood in its own time.
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A real job is a job you hate.
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Repetition is the death of magic.
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Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God.
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Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction…
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Calvin: Medically speaking:. That's love?!?..... Hobbes: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!!
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