Making it up?” said Marvin, swivelling his head in a…

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.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Chapter 20

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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…
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler’s mind. - Epilogue - View Quote Details on There was a point to this story, but it has…
[about a Magrathean sunset that Arthur finds magnificent] “I’ve seen it. It’s rubbish.” - View Quote Details on [about a Magrathean sunset that Arthur finds magnificent] “I’ve seen…
“OK, so you think that time flows that way, do you? Interesting.” - The Hitchhiker’s Guide Mk. 2 - View Quote Details on “OK, so you think that time flows that way, do…
Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for tidbits, so they eventually gave up and left the Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived. - View Quote Details on Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending…
What’s up?”
“I don’t know,” said Marvin, “I’ve never been there. - View Quote Details on "I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been...">What’s up?”
“I don’t know,” said Marvin, “I’ve never been…
“This Arthur Dent,” comes the cry from the farthest reaches of the galaxy, and has even now been found inscribed on a deep space probe thought to originate from an alien galaxy at a distance too hideous to contemplate, “what is he, man or mouse? Is he interested in nothing more than tea and the wider issues of life? Has he no spirit? Has he no passion? Does he not, to put it in a nutshell, fuck?”
Those who wish to know should read on. Others may wish to skip on to the last chapter which is a good bit and has Marvin in it. - c. 25 - View Quote Details on “This Arthur Dent,” comes the cry from the farthest reaches…
“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…
“It goes like this. Let’s see now: ‘Protect me from knowing what I don’t need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don’t know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen.’ That’s it. It’s what you pray silently inside yourself anyway, so you may as well have it out in the open.”
Arthur: “Hmmm, Well, thank you - ”
Old Man: “There’s another prayer that goes with it that’s very important, so you’d better jot this down, too.”
Arthur: “OK.”
Old Man: “It goes, ‘Lord, lord, lord…’ It’s best to put that bit in, just in case. You can never be too sure. ‘Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer. Amen…’ And that’s it. Most of the trouble people get into in life comes from missing out that last part.’” - Old Man Oracle’s prayer given to Arthur Dent - View Quote Details on “It goes like this. Let’s see now: ‘Protect me from…
This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy. - View Quote Details on This planet has - or rather had - a problem,…