“The door was the way to… to… The Door was The Way.”

Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Context: The door was the way to... to... The Door was The Way. Good. Capital letters were always the best way of dealing with things you didn't have a good answer to.

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English writer and humorist 1952–2001

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