As he marched, he tabulated life’s annoyances in escalating order of gravity. He was sleeping badly again. He had forgotten to take his blue pills. His left leg hurt like hell. He had six days in which to close the unit’s cases, and no
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“The challenge of escaping is finding the door again.”
― The Ever Fiend
― The Ever Fiend
“I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!”
― Wives and Daughters
― Wives and Daughters
“I am not your door.' After a pause for thought, she added, 'But I might be my own.”
― Where the Drowned Girls Go
― Where the Drowned Girls Go
“It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much, the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons…”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Don't hide yourself. Stand up, keep your head high and show them what you got!”
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