Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"My favourite piece of information is that Branwell Brontë, brother of Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against a mantle piece, in order to prove it could be done. This is not quite true, in fact. My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. However, this is not relevant to what is currently on my mind because it concerns sloths, whereas the Branwell Brontë piece of information concerns writers and feeling like death and doing things to prove they can be done, all of which are pertinent to my current situation to a degree that is, frankly, spooky."
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"My favourite piece of information is that Branwell Brontë, brother of Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against a mantle piece, in order to prove it could be done. This is not quite true, in fact. My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. However, this is not relevant to what is currently on my mind because it concerns sloths, whereas the Branwell Brontë piece of information concerns writers and feeling like death and doing things to prove they can be done, all of which are pertinent to my current situation to a degree that is, frankly, spooky."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"Why' is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you 'What's the time' or 'When was the battle of 1066' or 'How do these seatbelts work that go tight when you slam the brakes on, Daddy' The answers are easy and are, respectively, 'Seven-thirty in the evening,' 'Ten-fifteen in the morning,' and 'Don't ask stupid questions."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a cause, even if it's one you only narrate to yourself years after the event: a tiny thing, a wrong word, a false note, which means that things can never be quite the same again."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
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