by Douglas Adams
“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.”
Apr302018
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Apr082018
Review: So Long, And Thanks For All the Fish
by Douglas Adams
“His name was simply John Watson, though he preferred to be called – and some of his friends had now reluctantly agreed to do this – Wonko the Sane.”
-Page 73
(Particularly notable quote as MARTIN FREEMAN was the narrator, haha)
Mar182018
Review: Life, The Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams
“The renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another quick one to follow the first one down and check that it was all right.”
“[he] sent a third drink down to see why the second hadn’t yet reported on the condition of the first.”
“He poured a drink down his other throat with the plan that it would head the previous one off at the pass, join forces with it and together they would get the second to pull itself together. Then all three would go off in search of the fuss, give it a good talking to and maybe a bit of a sing as well.
He felt uncertain as to whether the fourth drink has understood all that, so he sent down a fifth to explain the plan more fully and a sixth for moral support. “
-Pages 62 & 63
Aug042017
Review: The Bone Season
by Samantha Shannon
“That single word sent a tremor through my skin.
I thought of what oil and fire did together: exploded.”
-Page 373
Jul132017
Review: Empress of a Thousand Skies
by Rhoda Belleza
“If all we are is what people think we are, then we’re all screwed.”
- Empress of a Thousand Skies
Jun072017
Review: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
“To summarise: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarise the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
Jun022017
Review: The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
“You know, it’s at times like this,
when I’m trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse,
and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young.”
“Why, what did she tell you?”
“I don’t know, I didn’t listen.”