“Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.”
“Yeah,” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.”

—  Douglas Adams , book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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