The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people tend to ignore.

What is this? Some sort of galactic hyperhearse?

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.

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!

Stotting is jumping upward with all four legs simultaneously. My advice: do not die until you've seen a large black poodle stotting in the snow.

You can't dodge your responsibilities by saying they don't exist!