“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is…42!”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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#4029, Part 41
Ten Thousand Flower Flames Part 1-100 (1979)

“Our very life depends on everythings' recurring til we answer from within.”
“All men are warriors. And life for everything in our universe is nothing but war.”
Source: The Wild (1995), p. 81
Fighting the Lamb's War: Skirmishes with the American Empire (1996), p. 217
Context: According to a University of South Carolina study, violence in America rose 42 percent during the Vietnam War. This is hardly surprising. Our leaders are lawless, so why not we? If the government threatens other countries with the bomb, why not threaten one another with handguns? If our leaders are raping the planet, why not our neighbors? Our leaders create a climate of fear and violence. Why do they appear shocked when Americans kill, rob, and maim one another?