He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he so... - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."
"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."
"So this is it,"said Arthur, "We are going to die.""Yes,"said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!"He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur's line of vision. "What's this switch?"he cried."What? Where?"cried Arthur, twisting round."No, I was only fooling,"said Ford, "we are going to die after all."
"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."
"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 argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,"says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"