“I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
"And are you?"
"No. That's where it all falls down, of course."
"Pity", said Arthur. "It sounded like rather a good lifestyle otherwise.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
"And are you?"
"No. That's where it all falls down, of course."
"Pity", said Arthur. "It sounded like rather a good lifestyle otherwise.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“I am grateful to you for being who you are: for standing up for ladies with large glasses and a bad skin and for everybody else who has had to battle to get where they have got. And most of all I am grateful to you for being my friend, Mma; I am grateful to you for that. That is the best thing that anybody can be to anybody else--a friend.”
― Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
― Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
“Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni was not a lazy man, but it was remarkable to reflect how most men imagined that things like tea and food would simply appear if they waited long enough. There would always be a woman in the background--a mother, a girlfriend, a wife--who would ensure that those needs would be met.”
― In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
― In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“When we dismiss or deny the hopes of others, she thought, we forget that they, like us, have only one chance in this life.”
― Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
― Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
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