And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one…

And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change [...].

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel), Introduction

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He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if he would quite like the wind to blow his hair back dramatically at that point, but the wind was busy fooling around with some leaves a little way off. - View Quote Details on He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if…
If I ever meet myself,” said Zaphod, “I’ll hit myself so hard I won’t know what’s hit me. - View Quote Details on If I ever meet myself,” said Zaphod, “I’ll hit myself…
“Ha! What do you know of always? You say ‘always’ to me, who, because of the silly little errands your organic life forms keep on sending me through time on, am now thirty-seven times older than the Universe itself? Pick your words with a little more care,” he said, “and tact.” - c. 40 - View Quote Details on “Ha! What do you know of always? You say ‘always’…
Zaphod: “Can it Trillian, I’m trying to die with dignity.”
Marvin: “I’m just trying to die.” - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Fit The Sixth - View Quote Details on Zaphod: “Can it Trillian, I’m trying to die with dignity.”…
Making it up?” said Marvin, swivelling his head in a parody of astonishment, “Why should I want to make anything up? Life’s bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it. - View Quote Details on Making it up?” said Marvin, swivelling his head in a…
“Shee, you guys are so unhip it’s a wonder your bums don’t fall off.” —Zaphod - View Quote Details on “Shee, you guys are so unhip it’s a wonder your…
“Five to one against and falling…” she said, “four to one against and falling…three to one…two…one…probability factor of one to one…we have normality, I repeat we have normality.” She turned her microphone off – then turned it back on, with a slight smile and continued: “Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.” –Trillian - View Quote Details on “Five to one against and falling…” she said, “four to…
Six pints of bitter,” said Ford Prefect to the barman of the Horse and Groom. “And quickly please, the world’s about to end. - View Quote Details on Six pints of bitter,” said Ford Prefect to the barman…
“We apologise for the inconvenience”, God’s Final Message to His Creation, written in letters of fire on the side of the Quentulus Quazgar Mountains, Sevorbeupstry, on planet Preliumtarn, Galactic Sector QQ7 Active J Gamma. - c. 40 (the message is spelled out letter by letter over several paragraphs) - View Quote Details on “We apologise for the inconvenience”, God’s Final Message to His…
They obstinately persisted in their absence. - View Quote Details on They obstinately persisted in their absence.