Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you…
Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel), Chapter 20
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- Sorry, did I say something wrong?” said Marvin, dragging himself on regardless. “Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don’t know why I bother to say it, oh God I’m so depressed. Here’s another one of those self-satisfied doors. Life! Don’t talk to me about life. - View Quote Details on Sorry, did I say something wrong?” said Marvin, dragging himself…
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- “Come on,” he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? ‘Cos I don’t.” –Marvin - View Quote Details on “Come on,” he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you…
- “That is really amazing,” he said. “That really is truly amazing. That is so amazingly amazing I think I’d like to steal it.” –Zaphod - View Quote Details on “That is really amazing,” he said. “That really is truly…
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- Ford: “It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”
Arthur: “What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?”
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Arthur: “What’s so unpleasant… - “Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. - View Quote Details on “Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
- I think you ought to know I’m feeling very depressed. - View Quote Details on I think you ought to know I’m feeling very depressed.
- A tremendous feeling of peace came over him. He knew that at last, for once and forever, it was now all, finally, over.- c. 25 - View Quote Details on A tremendous feeling of peace came over him. He knew…













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