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“Yeah. Listen, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox, my father was Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second, my grandfather Zaphod Beeblebrox the Third ...""What?""There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Now concentrate!”
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“Alright," said Ford, rounding on him, "what have you done? What are you going to do? What are your thoughts on fire development?""Well I don't know," said the hairdresser, "All they gave me was a couple of sticks ...""So what have you done with them?"Nervously, the hairdresser fished in his track suit top and handed over the fruits of his labour to Ford.Ford held them up for all to see."Curling tongs," he said.The crowd applauded."Never mind," said Ford, "Rome wasn't burnt in a day.”
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“...I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters”
― The Tin Drum
― The Tin Drum
“Making it up?" said Marvin, swivelling his head in a parody of astonishment, "Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.”
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“I am the Raskolnikov of jerking off – the sticky evidence is everywhere!”
― Portnoy’s Complaint
― Portnoy’s Complaint
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