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.

I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.

I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive... 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.

Why does man create? Is it man's purpose on earth to express himself, to bring form to thought, and to discover meaning in experience? Or is it just something to do when he's bored?

The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.

Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed.