Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes…

Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.

Mostly Harmless, Preface

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Marvin: “And then of course I’ve got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side.”
Arthur: “Is that so?”
Marvin: “Oh yes. I mean I’ve asked for them to be replaced, but no one ever listens.”
Arthur: “I can imagine” - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Fit The Second - View Quote Details on Marvin: “And then of course I’ve got this terrible pain…
The first ten million years were the worst,” said Marvin, “and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline. - View Quote Details on The first ten million years were the worst,” said Marvin,…
Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts to space. - View Quote Details on Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t…
“I would like to say that it is a very great pleasure, honour and privilege for me to open this bridge, but I can’t because my lying circuits are all out of commission.” —Marvin - View Quote Details on “I would like to say that it is a very…
“Ford,” he said, “you’re turning into a penguin. Stop it.” –Arthur - View Quote Details on “Ford,” he said, “you’re turning into a penguin. Stop it.”…
Quite how Zaphod Beeblebrox arrived at the idea of holding a seance at this point is something he was never quite clear on.
Obviously the subject of death was in the air, but more as something to be avoided than harped upon.
Possibly the horror that Zaphod experienced at the prospect of being reunited with his deceased relatives led on to the thought that they might just feel the same way about him and, what’s more, be able to do something about helping to postpone this reunion. - View Quote Details on Quite how Zaphod Beeblebrox arrived at the idea of holding…
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t. - View Quote Details on The ships hung in the sky in much the same…
“What a depressingly stupid machine,” said Marvin and trudged away. - View Quote Details on “What a depressingly stupid machine,” said Marvin and trudged away.
[I've been] “In a deep dark hole. I climbed out because I started to like it too much” - View Quote Details on [I've been] “In a deep dark hole. I climbed out…
The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the ‘Star Spangled Banner’, but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish. - View Quote Details on The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly…