He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.

Well the hours are good...' ... 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.

Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.

So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly?' I asked. He looked at me as if I were stupid. 'You die, of course. That's what deadly means.

He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the few occasions when it was both.

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