"Sir,’ I said to the universe, ‘I exist.’ ‘That,’ said the universe, ‘creates no sense of obligation..."

“Sir,’ I said to the universe, ‘I exist.’ ‘That,’ said the universe, ‘creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever.”

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Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (via scifi-fantasy-horror)

Sorry, gotta reblog this with proper attribution. No idea how it’s being attributed to Adams, who is a wonderful writer…but didn’t pen this. It’s Stephen Crane (1871-1900) and it’s a poem,

A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
“A sense of obligation.”