The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them. - Douglas Adams

Believe me, it is a great deal better to find cast-iron proof that you're innocent than to languish in a cell hoping that the police — -who already think you're guilty — -will find it for you.

Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up.

"I have always been absurdly, ridiculously tall. To give you an idea- when we went on school trips to Interesting and Improving Places, the form-master wouldn't say "Meet under the clock tower," or "Meet under the War Memorial," but "Meet under Adams.