So this is it," said Arthur, "We are going to die." "Yes," said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!" He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur's line of vision. "What's this switch?" he cried. "What? Where?" cried Arthur, twisting round. "No, I was only fooling," said Ford, "we are going to die after all.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?

42 is a nice number that you can take home and introduce to your family.

We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.

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

I like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.