"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
"What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
"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."
"Exactly!"said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means."