Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive. Douglas Adams bookdropfind share on social
As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing. Douglas Adams activecarolchild Change image and share on social
It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too. Douglas Adams blindinglycryexistent share on social
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams angrybadbegin Change image and share on social
Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner. Douglas Adams adolescentamericaaustralia share on social
I remember very little about writing the first series of 'Hitchhiker's.' It's almost as if someone else wrote it. Douglas Adams hitchhikerrememberseries Change image and share on social
The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees. Douglas Adams conversationdifficultyexplain Change image and share on social
The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks. Douglas Adams impossibleimprobableintegrity Change image and share on social
I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is. Douglas Adams donglyfullgizmo share on social
I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure as hell wasn't anything going on on the outside! Douglas Adams assumeeyehell share on social