“Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it," said Marvin.
"And what happened?" pressed Ford.
"It committed suicide," said Marvin and stalked off back to the Heart of Gold.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
"And what happened?" pressed Ford.
"It committed suicide," said Marvin and stalked off back to the Heart of Gold.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
“Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor – at least no one worth speaking of.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“What is the point? We assume that every time we do anything we know what the consequences will be, i.e., more or less what we intend them to be. This is not only not always correct. It is wildly, crazily, stupidly, cross-eyed-blithering-insectly wrong!”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
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