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July 3 - July 24, 2019
“You can’t throw us into space,” yelled Ford, “we’re trying to write a book.”
“Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.”
“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.”
Infinity itself looks flat and uninteresting. Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity—distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless.
“Time,” said Arthur weakly, “is not currently one of my problems.”
“Life, the Universe and Everything.
“Forty-two,” said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
“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.