In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.

I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.

If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?

If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.

My life needs a rewind/erase button.

CALVIN:
Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?

When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny.

Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?

HOBBES:
I suppose if we couldn't laugh at the things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.