He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
Douglas AdamsI like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.
Douglas AdamsWho should play the lead role in a film about me? Dunno. Danny De Vito? Jeff Goldblum? Meryl Streep? Someone of that kind.
Douglas AdamsIt was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?
Douglas AdamsIf the Universe came to an end every time there was some uncertainty about what had happened in it, it would never have got beyond the first picosecond. And many of course don't. It's like a human body, you see. A few cuts and bruises here and there don't hurt it. Not even major surgery if it's done properly. Paradoxes are just the scar tissue. Time and space heal themselves up around them and people simply remember a version of events which makes as much sense as they require it to make.
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