My guess is that the editor [Cincinnati Post] wanted his own Jeff MacNelly (a Pulitzer winner at 24), and I didn't live up to his expectations. My Cincinnati days were pretty Kafkaesque.

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.

You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.

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.

Girls are like slugs - they probably serve some purpose, but it's hard to imagine what.

What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?

Calvin: Medically speaking:. That's love?!?..... Hobbes: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!!