Favourite quotes

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

"... one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to each other for a change..." - p.1

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - p.25

"Arthur, a regular Guardian reader, was deeply shocked at this." - p.162

"There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most popular are: Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?" - p.175