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

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Appreciate
Forever
Good
Things
Would
Lasted
Precious

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