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“He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.”

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Douglas Adams buch So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Quelle: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“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.”

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Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Quelle: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.”

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Douglas Adams The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Quelle: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“He felt like an old sponge steeped in paraffin and left in the sun to dry.”

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Douglas Adams buch Der elektrische Mönch

Quelle: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully.”

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Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Quelle: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Zaphod Beeblebrox crawled bravely along a tunnel, like the hell of a guy he was. He was very confused, but he continued crawling doggedly anyway because he was that brave.”

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Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Quelle: Life, the Universe and Everything

“For as long as he could remember, he’d suffered from a vague nagging feeling of being not all there.”

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Douglas Adams

Quelle: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.”

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Douglas Adams buch Mostly Harmless

Quelle: Mostly Harmless

“It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?”

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Douglas Adams buch So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Quelle: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“If there's any real truth, it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs.”

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Douglas Adams

Quelle: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you already know but make it sound like news, eh Well, business as usual, I suppose.”

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Douglas Adams

Quelle: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet.”

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Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Quelle: Life, the Universe and Everything

“When the girl sitting at the next table looked away from a moment, Dirk leaned over and took her coffee. He knew that he was perfectly safe doing this because she would simply not be able to believe that this had happened.”

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Douglas Adams The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Quelle: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“There was a terribly ghastly silence.
There was a terribly ghastly noise.
There was a terribly ghastly silence.”

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Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Quelle: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Deep in the fundamental heart of mind and Universe there is a reason.”

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Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Quelle: Life, the Universe and Everything

“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?”

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Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Quelle: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea”

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Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Quelle: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“He was constantly reminded of how startlingly different a place the world was when viewed from a point only three feet to the left.”

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Douglas Adams buch The Salmon of Doubt

Quelle: The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

“Dirk was, for one of the few times in a life of exuberantly prolific loquacity, wordless.”

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Douglas Adams buch Der elektrische Mönch

Quelle: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency