Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?

The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did once look at his watch, but that was eleven years ago now, and there has been no follow up.

Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it.

The future of computer power is pure simplicity.

It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end.

The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn't collapse when you beat your head against it.

The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the Q letter into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.