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Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both time and space a good deal. At least being lost in space kept you busy.

Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both time and space a good deal. At least being lost in space kept you busy.

Space, Speak, Busy

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.322, Pan Macmillan

There are two things you should remember when dealing with parallel universes. One, they're not really parallel, and two, they're not really universes

Two, Remember, Should

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

Distance, Night, Sky

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.107, Pan Macmillan

There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound.

Art, Opportunity, Simple

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.89, Pan Macmillan

The problem is, or rather one of the problems, for there are many, a sizeable proportion of which are continually clogging up the civil, commercial, and criminal courts in all areas of the Galaxy, and especially, where possible, the more corrupt ones, this. The previous sentence makes sense. That is not the problem. This is: Change. Read it through again and you'll get it.

Clogging Up, Criminals, Problem

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.81, Pan Macmillan

All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it's pretty damn complicated in the first place.

Positive, Thinking, Needs

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.118, Pan Macmillan

The Heart of Gold fled on silently through the night of space, now on conventional photon drive. Its crew of four were ill as ease knowing that they had been brought together not of their own volition or by simple coincidence, but by some curious perversion of physics- as if relationships between people were susceptible to the same laws that governed the relationships between atoms and molecules

Heart, Simple, Night

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.77, Pan Macmillan

The World Wide Web is the only thing I know of whose shortened form takes three times longer to say than what it's short for.

Three, World, Form

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.85, Del Rey

But what about the End of the Universe? We'll miss the big moment." I've seen it. It's rubbish," said Zaphod,"nothing but a gnab gib." A what?" Opposite of a big bang. Come on, let's get zappy.

Opposites, Missing, Bangs

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.236, Pan Macmillan

Time travel, by its very nature, was invented in all periods of history simultaneously.

Time Travel, Periods

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

Mean, People, Watches

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts".

The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. The problem of when the drink is going to run out is, however, going to have to be faced one day. The planet over which they are floating is no longer the planet it was when they first started floating over it. It is in bad shape

Running, Future, Party

David Attenborough has said that Bali is the most beautiful place in the world, but he must have been there longer than we were, and seen different bits, because most of what we saw in the couple of days we were there sorting out our travel arrangements was awful. It was just the tourist area, i.e. that part of Bali which has been made almost exactly the same as everywhere else in the world for the sake of people who have come all this way to see Bali.

Beautiful, Couple, People

"Last Chance to See". Book by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine (Chapter 2 "Here Be Chickens"), 1990.

Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.

Firsts, Said, First Time

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.75, Pan Macmillan

How many roads must a man walk down?

Men, Ultimate Questions, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.132, Pan Macmillan

Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.

Football, Games, Vases

"Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Companion". Book by Neil Gaiman, 1988.

When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with yourself and then accidently change down from fourth to first instead of third thus making your engine leap out of your hood in a rather ugly mess, it tends to throw you off stride in much the same way that this remark threw Ford Prefect off his.

Past, Car, Feelings

Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.71, Pan Macmillan

It's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me.

Hate, Shapes, Marvin

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.189, Del Rey

Who should play the lead role in a film about me? Dunno. Danny De Vito? Jeff Goldblum? Meryl Streep? Someone of that kind.

Play, Roles, Kind

Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?

Water, Buckets, Sticks

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.83, Pan Macmillan

"I think we have different value systems." "Well, mine's better."

Thinking, Different, Arthur

"Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 5)". Book by Douglas Adams (Chapter 18), 1992.

Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of parties.

Party, Said, Physicist

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another quick one to follow the first one down and check that it was all right.

Down And, Firsts, Serious

Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

After a while he played with the pencil and the paper again and was delighted when he discovered how to make a mark with the one on the other. Various noises continued outside, but he didn't know whether they were real or not. He then talked to his table for a week to see how it would react.

Real, Paper, Tables

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.283, Pan Macmillan

Please relax," said the voice pleasantly, like a stewardess in an airliner with only one wing and two engines one of which is on fire, "you are perfectly safe.

Fire, Wings, Two

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.61, Pan Macmillan

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