“What, are you, crazy?' 'It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet', said Zaphod quietly. 'I know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.”

—  Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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