“I would like to say that it is a very…

“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

Life, the Universe and Everything, Chapter 9

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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…
“My capacity for happiness,” he added, “you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.” —Marvin - View Quote Details on “My capacity for happiness,” he added, “you could fit into…
One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn’t be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn’t understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid. He was renowned for being amazingly clever and quite clearly was so – but not all the time, which obviously worried him, hence the act. He preferred people to be puzzled rather than contemptuous. This above all appeared to Trillian to be genuinely stupid[...] - View Quote Details on One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship…
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79. - c. 2 - View Quote Details on The last time anybody made a list of the top…
[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…
“Was I amongst friends when the Haggunenon admiral evolved into a life pod and everybody aboard his flagship escaped leaving me aboard as it steered itself into the nearest star?
Was I amongst friends when I was left to walk in circles on a swamp planet?
Left to park cars outside a restaurant for millenia?
Left for the Krikkit robots to use for batting practice?
Friend? I don’t think I ever came across one of those, sorry, can’t help you there.” - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Fit The Twenty-Second - View Quote Details on “Was I amongst friends when the Haggunenon admiral evolved into…
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
“Very deep,” said Arthur, “you should send that in to the Reader’s Digest. They’ve got a page for people like you. - View Quote Details on "Very deep,"...">Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
“Very deep,”…
“I don’t want to die now!” he yelled. “I’ve still got a headache! I don’t want to go to heaven with a headache, I’d be all cross and wouldn’t enjoy it!” –Arthur - View Quote Details on “I don’t want to die now!” he yelled. “I’ve still…
He had an odd feeling of being like a man in the act of adultery who is surprised when the woman’s husband wanders into the room, changes his trousers, passes a few idle remarks about the weather and leaves again. - View Quote Details on He had an odd feeling of being like a man…
“Do you want me to sit in a corner and rust or just fall apart where I’m standing?” - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Fit The Second - View Quote Details on “Do you want me to sit in a corner and…