douglas adams

January 23, 2021 by achrilock

“The air was stifling, but he liked it because it was stifling city air, full of excitingly unpleasant smells, dangerous music, and the distant sound of warring police tribes.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/23/6986/

January 19, 2021 by achrilock

“Zaphod’s just this guy, you know?”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/19/6846/

January 16, 2021 by achrilock

“He listened to something about some glen or other.
He thought about his miraculous lunchtime.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/16/6730/

January 7, 2021 by achrilock

“‘But you don’t understand,’ said Ford, his expression slowly ripening from a little taken abackness into rank incredulity, ‘this is the American Express card. It is the finest way of settling bills known to man. Haven’t you read their junk mail?’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/07/6437/

January 7, 2021 by achrilock

“His voice was a low soft purr, like the low soft purr made by the opening of an ICBM silo.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/07/6424/

December 30, 2020 by achrilock

“‘Do it badly,’ said the man. ‘Who cares? Who gives a swut?’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/30/6139/

December 26, 2020 by achrilock

“‘Used to have endless fun doing the little bits in fjords… so anyway,’ he said, trying to find his thread again, ‘the recession came and we decided it would save a lot of bother if we just slept through it.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/26/5987/

December 19, 2020 by achrilock

“‘This is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council,’ the voice continued. ‘As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes. Thank you.’
The PA died away.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/19/5847/

November 13, 2020 by achrilock

“Their songs are on the whole very simple and mostly follow the familiar theme of boy-being meets girl-being beneath a silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explained reason.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/11/13/5082/

November 12, 2020 by achrilock

“‘Yellow,’ he thought, and stomped off back to his bedroom to get dressed.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/11/12/5054/

October 25, 2020 by achrilock

“If they don’t keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/25/4578/

October 3, 2020 by achrilock

“The Lalamatine district is one of those very few areas which doesn’t enjoy a perpetual Saturday afternoon–it enjoys instead the cool of a perpetual early Saturday evening. Behind it lie the nightclubs.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/03/3977/

September 22, 2020 by achrilock

“‘I mean, what’s six times seven?’
Zaphod looked at him hard for a moment. Then his eyes blazed with excitement.
‘Forty-two!’ he cried.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/09/22/3622/