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“There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read—unless it be reading while you eat. Amabel did both: they are not the same thing, as you will see if you think the matter over.”
― The Magic World
― The Magic World
“I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.”
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
― The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
“I just can't listen to any more Wagner, you know...I'm starting to get the urge to conquer Poland.”
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“Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if the stars only came out once every thousand years. No one would sleep that night, of course. The world would become religious overnight. We would be ecstatic, delirious, made rapturous by the glory of God. Instead the stars come out every night, and we watch television.”
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“The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist.”
― A Son of the Circus
― A Son of the Circus
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