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"Come," said Slartibartfast, "you are to meet the mice."
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"Come," said Slartibartfast, "you are to meet the mice."
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"Excuse me," [Arthur] said, "the Ashes. I've got them. They were stolen by those white robots a moment ago ... what should I do with them?"
The policeman told him, but Arthur could only assume that he was speaking metaphorically. -
"Excuse me," [Arthur] said, "the Ashes. I've got them. They were stolen by those white robots a moment ago ... what should I do with them?"
The policeman told him, but Arthur could only assume that he was speaking metaphorically. -
Marvin droned,
Now the world has gone to bed,
Darkness don't engulf my head,
I can see by infrared,
How I hate the night.
He paused to gather artistic and emotional strength to tackle the next verse.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
Try to count electric sheep,
Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night. -
Marvin droned,
Now the world has gone to bed,
Darkness don't engulf my head,
I can see by infrared,
How I hate the night.
He paused to gather artistic and emotional strength to tackle the next verse.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
Try to count electric sheep,
Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night. -
Apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all.
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Apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all.
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"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen." -
"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen." -
WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
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WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
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"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed," Marvin said.
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"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed," Marvin said.
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Zaphod: You said 'pull', man!
Ford Prefect: Not that hard!
Zaphod: Well, how hard did you expect me to pull, just not quite hard enough to actually pull me up?!
Ford Prefect: I can't stand heights.
Zaphod: Don't worry, we're on our way down! -
Zaphod: You said 'pull', man!
Ford Prefect: Not that hard!
Zaphod: Well, how hard did you expect me to pull, just not quite hard enough to actually pull me up?!
Ford Prefect: I can't stand heights.
Zaphod: Don't worry, we're on our way down! -
He paused and maneuvered his thoughts. It was like watching oil tankers doing three-point turns in the English Channel.
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He paused and maneuvered his thoughts. It was like watching oil tankers doing three-point turns in the English Channel.
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There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
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There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Train
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Train
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"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm...
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"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm...
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I am now 63 books into 2026, so it’s about time that I reread an old favourite! Volume two of the five books that make up The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy!
#currentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bookworm #Bibliophile #Booklovers #DouglasAdams #TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #H2G2 #DontPanic
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"Well, I wish you'd just tell me rather than try to engage my enthusiasm," said Marvin, "because I haven't got one."
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"Well, I wish you'd just tell me rather than try to engage my enthusiasm," said Marvin, "because I haven't got one."
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It said: "The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases.
"For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question How can we eat? the second by the question Why do we eat? and the third by the question Where shall we have lunch?" -
It said: "The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases.
"For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question How can we eat? the second by the question Why do we eat? and the third by the question Where shall we have lunch?" -
It was a programming technique that had been reverse-engineered from the sort of psychotic mental blocks that otherwise perfectly normal people had been observed invariably to develop when elected to high political office.
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It was a programming technique that had been reverse-engineered from the sort of psychotic mental blocks that otherwise perfectly normal people had been observed invariably to develop when elected to high political office.
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Dirk Gently #DirkGently #DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, published in 1987.
It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently's_Holistic_Detective_Agency
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Dirk Gently #DirkGently #DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, published in 1987.
It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently's_Holistic_Detective_Agency
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Zaphod Beeblebrox: B – b – but who are you, man? Why do I want to see you? I was told you were on an intergalactic cruise, which [offhandedly] I can handle...but in your office, which I can’t.
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Zaphod Beeblebrox: B – b – but who are you, man? Why do I want to see you? I was told you were on an intergalactic cruise, which [offhandedly] I can handle...but in your office, which I can’t.
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This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything...
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This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything...
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"Colin," he said, turning to the little, hovering ball. "I am going to abandon you to your fate."
"I'm so happy," said Colin.
"Make the most of it," said Ford. "Because what I want you to do is nursemaid that package out of the building. They'll probably incinerate you when they find you, and I won't be here to help. It will be very, very nasty for you, and that's just too bad. Got it?"
"I gurgle with pleasure," said Colin. -
"Colin," he said, turning to the little, hovering ball. "I am going to abandon you to your fate."
"I'm so happy," said Colin.
"Make the most of it," said Ford. "Because what I want you to do is nursemaid that package out of the building. They'll probably incinerate you when they find you, and I won't be here to help. It will be very, very nasty for you, and that's just too bad. Got it?"
"I gurgle with pleasure," said Colin. -
Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.
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Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.
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"But I'm quite used to being humiliated," droned Marvin, "I can even go and stick my head in a bucket of water if you like. Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water? I've got one ready. Wait a minute."
"Er, hey, Marvin ..." interrupted Zaphod, but it was too late. Sad little clunks and gurgles came up the line.
"What's he saying?" asked Trillian.
"Nothing," said Zaphod, "he just phoned to wash his head at us." -
"But I'm quite used to being humiliated," droned Marvin, "I can even go and stick my head in a bucket of water if you like. Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water? I've got one ready. Wait a minute."
"Er, hey, Marvin ..." interrupted Zaphod, but it was too late. Sad little clunks and gurgles came up the line.
"What's he saying?" asked Trillian.
"Nothing," said Zaphod, "he just phoned to wash his head at us." -
Bought a book in Germany.
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Bought a book in Germany.
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Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
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Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
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Do not listen to what anybody says to you at this point because they are unlikely to say anything helpful.
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Do not listen to what anybody says to you at this point because they are unlikely to say anything helpful.
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"So what's the point of showing me something I can't see?"
"So that you understand that just because you see something, it doesn't mean to say it's there. And if you don't see something, it doesn't mean to say it's not there. It's only what your senses bring to your attention." -
"So what's the point of showing me something I can't see?"
"So that you understand that just because you see something, it doesn't mean to say it's there. And if you don't see something, it doesn't mean to say it's not there. It's only what your senses bring to your attention." -
Whenever the Universe fell apart, Ford Prefect was never far behind.
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Whenever the Universe fell apart, Ford Prefect was never far behind.
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I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body?
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I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body?
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Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?
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Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?
