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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 video game, and 2005 feature film.

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“If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Variant: So long and thanks for all the fish.
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“Don't Panic.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water!”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Variant: It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water.
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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“For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”

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“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”

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“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

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“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”

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“This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays.”

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“I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.”

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“And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire forged.”

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“Fifteen years was a long time to be stranded anywhere, particularly somewhere as mind-boggingly dull as Earth.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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“The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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“There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most popular are Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy