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  1. The cheapest way to escape despair is to take refuge in one’s imagination.
    And Another Thing..., page 28
  2. They are simple-minded, thick-willed, slug-brained creatures, and thinking is not really something they are cut out for.
    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, page 151
  3. “Think of a number, any number.” “Er, five,” said the mattress. “Wrong,” said Marvin. “You see?”
    Life, the Universe and Everything, page 352
  4. When he heard the words integrity or moral rectitude he reached for his dictionary, and when he heard the chink of ready money in large quantities he reached for the rule book and threw it away.
    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, page 152
  5. Number Two’s eyes narrowed and became what are known in the Shouting and Killing People trade as cold slits, the idea presumably being to give your opponent the impression that you have lost your glasses or are having difficulty keeping awake. Why this is frightening is an, as yet, unresolved problem.
    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, page 267
  6. Arthur suggested they go for a walk.
    Mostly Harmless, page 741
  7. Nothing couldn’t be, and if it shouldn’t be, then it generally was.
    And Another Thing..., page 272
  8. I don’t want to buy a ticket, I just want to buy the zoo.
    Mostly Harmless, page 805
  9. “Wake up, Hillman. Gods have always cost money. But I can do you a deal.”
    And Another Thing..., page 185
  10. “If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, page 68
  11. The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, page 25
  12. A bit of sweet talk was a handy distraction when there was something the sweet-talking teenager needed to steal.
    And Another Thing..., page 138
  13. “This is a planet of five and a half billion people, and…”
    Mostly Harmless, page 804
  14. Cthulhu shrugged and dreamed of days of wanton genocide.
    And Another Thing..., page 91
  15. “I know that astrology isn’t a science,” said Gail. “Of course it isn’t. It’s just an arbitrary set of rules like chess or tennis or—what’s that strange thing you British play?” “Er, cricket? Self-loathing?”
    Mostly Harmless, page 649