He sniggered. He didn't like to think of himself as the sort of person who giggled or sniggered, but he had to admit that he had been giggling and sniggering almost continuously for well over half an hour now.

He inched his way up the corridor as if he would rather be yarding his way down it, which was true.

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

I don't go to mythical places with strange men.

There are two things you should remember when dealing with parallel universes. One, they're not really parallel, and two, they're not really universes

Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever.

What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he launched into the most extraordinary and spectacular fit of coughing which caught Arthur so much by surprise that he started to choke violently, discovered he was already doing it and got thoroughly confused.