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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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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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“And so the problem remained; lots of people were mean, and most were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script forthey've worked out.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“They’ve got as much sex appeal as a road accident.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity — distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying "Blood… blood… blood… blood…”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.”

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“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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“Here, for whatever reason, is the world. And here it stays. With me on it.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“A computer chatted to itself in alarm as it noticed an airlock open and close itself for no apparent reason.
This was because Reason was in fact out to lunch.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."
(Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

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“Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason [Zaphood] had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy