The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)

by Douglas Adams

To Trin Tragula’s horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.

‘You’re very sure of your facts,’ he said at last, ‘I couldn’t trust the thinking of a man who takes the Universe – if there is one – for granted.’