The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number.” “Er, five,” said the mattress. “Wrong,” said Marvin. “You see?

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.

Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much.

I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

If I want to read something that's really giving me something serious and fundamental to think about, about the human condition, if you like, or what we're all doing here, or what's going on, then I'd rather read something by a scientist in the life sciences, like Richard Dawkins, for instance.