It was odd, Kate reflected, that people who needed to bully you were the easiest to push around.
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Bullying, Psychology, Human Nature, Irony, Reflection
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“Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.” Douglas Adams
Books, Technology, Metaphor, Change, Reading
Douglas Adams Books, Technology, Metaphor, Change, Reading“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
Opinions, Logic, Argument, Quality, Critical Thinking
Douglas Adams Opinions, Logic, Argument, Quality, Critical Thinking“When the idea comes, I often can't remember where it came from. I remember very little about writing the first series of Hitchhiker's. It's almost as if someone else wrote it.” Douglas Adams
Creativity, Memory, Writing Process, Inspiration, Authorship
Douglas Adams Creativity, Memory, Writing Process, Inspiration, Authorship“It seems odd, don't you think, that the quality of the food should vary inversely with the brightness of the lighting. Makes you wonder what culinary heights the kitchen staff could rise to if you confined them to perpetual darkness.” Douglas Adams
Food, Lighting, Humor, Irony, Culinary Arts
Douglas Adams Food, Lighting, Humor, Irony, Culinary Arts“I guess when the novel started, most early novels were just sort of pornography: Apparently, most media actually started as pornography and sort of grew from there. This is not a pornographic CD-ROM, I hasten to add.” Douglas Adams
Literature, History, Pornography, Media Evolution, Humor
Douglas Adams Literature, History, Pornography, Media Evolution, Humor“There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.” Douglas Adams
Perspective, Perception, World View, Oddities, Observation
Douglas Adams Perspective, Perception, World View, Oddities, Observation“Funny, how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse it suddenly does.” Douglas Adams
Pessimism, Life, Humor, Irony, Expectations
Douglas Adams Pessimism, Life, Humor, Irony, Expectations“The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Weather, Observation, Exaggeration, Descriptive Writing
Douglas Adams Humor, Weather, Observation, Exaggeration, Descriptive Writing“Cyberspace is – or can be – a good, friendly and egalitarian place to meet.” Douglas Adams
Internet, Community, Equality, Optimism, Social Interaction
Douglas Adams Internet, Community, Equality, Optimism, Social Interaction“There was a distinct absence of anything female in the room – the same sort of absence that a missing picture leaves behind it on a wall.” Douglas Adams
Description, Absence, Gender, Observation, Comparison
Douglas Adams Description, Absence, Gender, Observation, Comparison“I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course – the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.” Douglas Adams
Internet, Technology, Prediction, Humor, Industry
Douglas Adams Internet, Technology, Prediction, Humor, Industry“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“Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader's Digest. They've got a page for people like you.” Douglas Adams
Sarcasm, Humor, Criticism, Writing, Popular Culture
Douglas Adams Sarcasm, Humor, Criticism, Writing, Popular Culture“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
Love, Disillusionment, Relationships, Change, Perception
Douglas Adams Love, Disillusionment, Relationships, Change, Perception“The future of computer power is pure simplicity.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Simplicity, Future, Computing, Prediction
Douglas Adams Technology, Simplicity, Future, Computing, Prediction“Did you know, young lady," said Watkin to her, "that the Book of Revelation was written on Patmos? It was indeed. By Saint John the Divine, as you know. To me it shows very clear signs of having been written while waiting for a ferry. Oh, yes, I think so. It starts off, doesn't it, with that kind of dreaminess you get when you're killing time, getting bored, you know, just making things up, and then gradually grows to a sort of climax of hallucinatory despair.” Douglas Adams
Religion, Humor, Literary Criticism, Boredom, Imagination
Douglas Adams Religion, Humor, Literary Criticism, Boredom, Imagination“Even the evil-looking bird perched on a rod in the bar had stopped screeching out the names and addresses of local contract killers, which was a service it provided for free.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Absurdity, Animals, Crime, Services
Douglas Adams Humor, Absurdity, Animals, Crime, Services