A cup of tea would restore my normality.
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Tea, Normality, British Culture, Comfort, Simplicity
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“But for a moment Dirk had a sense of inifinite loss and sadness that somewhere among the frenzy of information noise that daily rattled the lives of men he thought he might have heard a few notes that denoted the movements of gods.” Douglas Adams
Melancholy, Information Overload, Spirituality, Perception, Modernity
Douglas Adams Melancholy, Information Overload, Spirituality, Perception, Modernity“42 is a nice number that you can take home and introduce to your family.” Douglas Adams
Numbers, Humor, Familiarity, Absurdity, Hitchhiker’s Guide
Douglas Adams Numbers, Humor, Familiarity, Absurdity, Hitchhiker’s Guide“The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis.” Douglas Adams
Causality, Complexity, Analysis, Philosophy, Understanding
Douglas Adams Causality, Complexity, Analysis, Philosophy, Understanding“There are two things you should remember when dealing with parallel universes. One, they're not really parallel, and two, they're not really universes.” Douglas Adams
Parallel Universes, Physics, Humor, Perspective, Reality
Douglas Adams Parallel Universes, Physics, Humor, Perspective, Reality“I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.” Douglas Adams
Understanding, Questions, Problems, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Understanding, Questions, Problems, Philosophy, Perspective“Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools
Douglas Adams Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools“For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Anticlimax, Time, Expectation, Writing
Douglas Adams Humor, Anticlimax, Time, Expectation, Writing“Computers are still technology because we are still wrestling with it: it's still being invented; we're still trying to work out how it works. There's a world of game interaction to come that you or I wouldn't recognise. It's time for the machines to disappear. The computer's got to disappear into all of the things we use.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Computers, Innovation, Future, Ubiquitous Computing
Douglas Adams Technology, Computers, Innovation, Future, Ubiquitous Computing“Any time you see a film or TV show or a commercial that features someone dressed up as an animal, it's probably Todd inside. "I was in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," he told me. "Guess," he added, "which one I was.” Douglas Adams
Acting, Costumes, Humor, Guessing Game, Film Industry
Douglas Adams Acting, Costumes, Humor, Guessing Game, Film Industry“No. No games. He wanted her and didn't care who knew it. He definitely and absolutely wanted her, longed for her, wanted to do more things than there were names for with her.” Douglas Adams
Desire, Passion, Honesty, Relationships, Intensity
Douglas Adams Desire, Passion, Honesty, Relationships, Intensity“I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.” Douglas Adams
Self-knowledge, Mental State, Limitations, Self-awareness, Humor
Douglas Adams Self-knowledge, Mental State, Limitations, Self-awareness, Humor“There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature. But, more accurately, I like to have a nice and cosy institution that I can rub up against a little bit.” Douglas Adams
Self-perception, Rebellion, Conformity, Institutions, Contradiction
Douglas Adams Self-perception, Rebellion, Conformity, Institutions, Contradiction“Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila.” Douglas Adams
Dark Humor, Death, Cars, Alcohol, Corporate Succession
Douglas Adams Dark Humor, Death, Cars, Alcohol, Corporate Succession“If I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic because if it wasn't the forces of natural selection that designed fish, It must have been an Italian.” Douglas Adams
Atheism, Religion, Humor, Design, Evolution
Douglas Adams Atheism, Religion, Humor, Design, Evolution“It is said that there is nothing surprising about the notion of, for instance, a person suddenly thinking about someone they haven't thought about for years, and then discovering the next day that the person has in fact just died.” Douglas Adams
Coincidence, Intuition, Death, Psychology, Interconnectedness
Douglas Adams Coincidence, Intuition, Death, Psychology, Interconnectedness“The theology of this seemed a little confused, reflected Dirk, but what was one tiny extra droplet of misinformation in such a raging torrent?” Douglas Adams
Theology, Confusion, Misinformation, Skepticism, Perspective
Douglas Adams Theology, Confusion, Misinformation, Skepticism, Perspective“We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying.” Douglas Adams
Humanity, Environment, Self-destruction, Humor, Cynicism
Douglas Adams Humanity, Environment, Self-destruction, Humor, Cynicism“As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.” Douglas Adams
Childhood, Christianity, Music, Emotion, Memories
Douglas Adams Childhood, Christianity, Music, Emotion, Memories