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

I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style

Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.

Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.

If you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language.

Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.

Can't stand all these poisonous creatures, all these snakes and insects and fish and things. Wretched things, biting everybody. And then people expect me to tell them what to do about it. I'll tell them what to do. Don't get bitten in the first place. (quoting Dr. Struan Sutherland)