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"In the end, it was Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness that starts to set in at about 2:55....as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul."

"'No, I'm very ordinary...but some very strange things have happened to me. You could say I'm more differed from than differing.'"

"life was very pleasant, and the great thing about it was that...it would be more pleasant still. It was very important to have things to look forward to."

Slowly, the deer would approach, step by step, until it was almost nuzzling him, whereupon Ford Prefect would reach out to it and break its neck."

"Ford would continue to smile at it, his eyes would soften and shine, and he would seem to radiate a deep and universal love, a love which reached out to embrace all creation. A wonderful quietness would descend on the surrounding countryside, peaceful and serene, emanating from this transfigured man."

"Arthur suspected a streak of masochism in Ford Prefect-the increasing difficulty of the journey seemed to give him a sense of purpose that was otherwise lacking. He strode onward relentlessly."

"they had passed through rolling green hills and valleys, richly covered with grasses, wild scented flowers and tall thickly leaved trees; the sun had warmed them, light breezes had kept them cool."

"'In an infinite Universe anything can happen,' said Ford. 'Even survival. Strange but true.'"

"Ford...suddenly flashed one of those grins of his which always made people think he'd been overdoing things recently and should try to get some rest."

"'Where they are, how they are, there's no way we can know and no way we can do anything about it. Do what I do...don't think about it.'
Arthur turned this thought over in his mind, reluctantly saw the wisdom of it, tucked it up and put it away."