Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.

Quote by Bill Watterson

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

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

The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.

The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're...

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're...

I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone's expectations.

I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone's expectations.

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of...

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of...

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has...

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has...

The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own...

The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own...

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron...

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron...

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas...

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas...

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is...

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is...

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

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

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?

Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.

Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.

We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.

Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.