The ships hung in the sky in much the same…

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel), Chapter 3

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“You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number.”
“Er, five,” said the mattress.
“Wrong,” said Marvin. “You see?”
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“Listen, three eyes,” he said, “don’t you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.” —Zaphod - View Quote Details on “Listen, three eyes,” he said, “don’t you try to outweird…
The thing he realized about the windows was this: because they had been converted into openable windows after they had first been designed to be impregnable, they were, in fact, much less secure than if they had been designed as openable windows in the first place. - c. ? - View Quote Details on The thing he realized about the windows was this: because…
Life, as many people have spotted, is, of course, terribly unfair. For instance, the first time the Heart of Gold ever crossed the galaxy the massive improbability field it generated caused two-hundred-and-thirty-nine thousand lightly-fried eggs to materialise in a large, wobbly heap on the famine-struck land of Poghril in the Pansel system. The whole Poghril tribe had just died out from famine, except for one man who died of cholesterol-poisoning some weeks later. The Poghrils, always a pessimistic race, had a little riddle, the asking of which used to give them the only tiny twinges of pleasure they ever experienced. One Poghril would ask another Poghril, “Why is life like hanging upside down with your head in a bucket of hyena offal?” To which the second Poghril would reply “I don’t know, why is life like hanging upside down with your head in a bucket of hyena offal?” To which the first Poghril would reply, “I don’t know either - wretched isn’t it?” (Fit the Ninth) - View Quote Details on Life, as many people have spotted, is, of course, terribly…
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Look,” said Zaphod, “I’m up to here with cool, OK? I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. - View Quote Details on Look,” said Zaphod, “I’m up to here with cool, OK?…
Deep Thought: “The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is…”
Philosophers:”Yes?…”
Deep Thought:”IS…”
Philosophers (slightly higher):”Yes?…”
Deep Thought: “IS…”
Philosophers (really high):”Yes?…”
Deep Thought: 42.
Philosopher 1:”We are gonna get lynched y’know that?” - View Quote Details on Deep Thought: “The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything…
Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again. - View Quote Details on Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens…
“[...] one’s never alone with a rubber duck.” —Captain of the Golgafrinchans - View Quote Details on “[...] one’s never alone with a rubber duck.” —Captain of…
There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic. Creation holds its breath.
The moment passed as it regularly did on Squornshellous Zeta, without incident. - View Quote Details on There is a moment in every dawn when light floats,…