Jimmy Corrigan Quotes

“METAPHOR: A tightly fitting suit of metal, generally tin, which entirely encloses the wearer, both impeding free movement and preventing emotional expression and/or social contact.”
― Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

“I guess we all make choices as to how we want to live, right?”
― Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

“This life we endure - how strange, yet how jolly”
― Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

“The sound
of One Lung
filling with water

drowned out by wave after wave
of a million buzzing insects

an invisible chorus
that only knows how to sing

the last letter
of the alphabet.”
― Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

“Conveniently then he can forget it all exists. And, after a time only a general notion will remain in his mind, that there are places where he doesn't belong, and those where he seems to fall right in.”
― Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

“LONELY (lōn'lē) adj. Alone, or by oneself. The permament state of being for all humans, despite any efforts to the contrary. Can be soothed or subdued in a variety of ways, viz. marriage, sexual intercourse, board games, literature, music, poetry, television, party hats, pastries, etc., but cannot be solved.”
― Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth