[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble.] Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box! Hobbes: "ZQFMGB" isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It's a worm found in New Guinea! Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I'm looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I'll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What's your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957. Bill Watterson
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In the popular children's book, Calvin and Hobbes , Calvin's mischievous older brother named Hobbes decides to play a word game with his younger brother. In the beginning of the story, Calvin is annoyed by this, but eventually comes to accept that Hobbes is just trying to help him. Later in the story, Calvin wins a game for an obscure word and brags about it — which ends up causing his younger brother to do some research and figure out the meaning of the word. This quote tells us that we shouldn't let other people's efforts to make us happy interfere with our own goals.

Source: Scientific Progress Goes Boink: A Calvin And Hobbes Collection

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