One of my favorite lines in C&H, and one that has only resonated stronger with me with each passing year, is when his Uncle Max visits (in I think the first book) and he expresses concern that Calvin’s only real friend is a stuffed tiger, and Calvin’s mom says, “Oh come on, didn’t you ever have any imaginary friends…

It sure is nice how everyone on the internet seems to have a story about how one time they were bullied by a bigger kid when they were little, and they just beat up that bully and everyone marveled at how tough they were and they were never bullied again. Exceedingly oversimplified moral: bullies are just big empty…

Karma is bullshit. You’ll be pushing up daisies before the universe ever gets around to balancing the cosmic scales.