I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.

As "Calvin and Hobbes" went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity. One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what's going on in Calvin's head.

But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!

Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful.

You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

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