The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)
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“You can’t throw us into space,” yelled Ford, “we’re trying to write a book.”
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“Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.”
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“Ancient computers ranged in the bowels of the planet tick away the dark millennia, and the ages hang heavy on their dusty data banks. I think they take the occasional potshot to relieve the monotony.”
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Infinity itself looks flat and uninteresting. Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity—distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless.
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“Time,” said Arthur weakly, “is not currently one of my problems.”
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“Life, the Universe and Everything.
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“Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
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“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.