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“Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.”

Douglas Adams book The Salmon of Doubt

The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

“The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“He stood up straight and looked the world squarely in the fields and hills. To add weight to his words he stuck the rabbit bone in his hair. He spread his arm out wide. "I will go mad!" he annouced.”

Douglas Adams

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus

“The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did once look at his watch, but that was eleven years ago now, and there has been no follow up.”

Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Source: Life, the Universe and Everything

“Would you like to see the menu?" he said, "or would you like meet the Dish of the Day?"

…

“Good evening,” it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, “I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body?”

Douglas Adams book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Aberystwyth (n.)

A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.”

Douglas Adams book The Meaning of Liff

Source: The Deeper Meaning of Liff

“Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe. This single fact took the scientific world by storm.”

Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Source: Life, the Universe and Everything

“You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them.”

Douglas Adams book The Salmon of Doubt

Source: The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

“Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random. It was even beginning to believe things they'd have difficulty believing in Salt Lake City.”

Douglas Adams book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Alltami (n.)

The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.”

Douglas Adams book The Meaning of Liff

Source: The Deeper Meaning of Liff

“The light works," he said, indicating the window, "the gravity works," he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. "Anything else we have to take our chances with.”

Douglas Adams book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“I think we have different value systems." —Arthur
"Well mine's better." —Ford”

Douglas Adams book Mostly Harmless

Source: Mostly Harmless

“I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.”

Douglas Adams

“If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“The President of the Universe holds no real power. His sole purpose is to take attention away from where the power truly exists…”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.”

Douglas Adams

“Beppu (n.)

The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.”

Douglas Adams book The Meaning of Liff

Source: The Deeper Meaning of Liff