The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy skips lightly over academic abstraction, pausing only to note that the term "future perfect" has been abandoned since it was discovered not to be.

The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.

Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

And so the Universe ended.

The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the Q letter into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.

Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.

Life is wasted on the living.

The story so far:In the beginning the Universe was created.This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

If I ever meet myself, ' said Zaphod, 'I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me.

But what about the End of the Universe? We'll miss the big moment."I've seen it. It's rubbish, " said Zaphod, "nothing but a gnab gib."A what?"Opposite of a big bang. Come on, let's get zappy.

I've been able to learn a lot through diet and exercise, but I've got to tell you, it's having true love in your life and somebody who has your back 24 hours a day that makes the difference.

Violence existed before our music was even suggested.

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.

We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves - to be where life is here and now

Life Insurance Motto - Robbing the widows early and orphan.

There is a certain degree of steampunkishness that creeps into my books.

I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.

Wraith held up his hands. "Chill, Gramps. I don't want to sit on your knee or anything.

The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.

Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.