Quotes About Reflection

And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

As dramatic seas of light went, it was fine, but light is meant to illuminate something, and having driven through what this particularly dramatic sea of light was illuminating they didn't think much of it.

Trin Tragula—for that was his name—was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. And

Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason why he had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did.

We like to be on one side, and look at the other.

Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

I went mad for a while," said Ford, "did me no end of good.

Arthur woke up and instantly regretted it.

People who talk to themselves on the phone," said Ford, "never learn anything to their advantage.

The merry smiles he used to wear at other people's funerals began to fade.

The human race is currently sitting round a rock on the other side of this hill making documentaries about themselves.

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.

Well, I wouldn't overstress that angle, you know,' he said finally, 'one's never alone with a rubber duck.

they were each grateful to retire to separate cabins and try to rationalize their thoughts.

What are you, crazy?' 'It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet,' said Zaphod quietly. 'I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.

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.

It had been late one night—of course. It had been a difficult day—of course. There had been soulful music playing on the ship's sound system—of course. And he had, of course, been slightly drunk. In other words, all the usual conditions that bring on a bout of soul-searching had applied, but it had, nevertheless, clearly been an error.

Glapitonner: profondément ému par le récit d'une tragédie personnelle.

Why am I here? What's my purpose in life?

What I lost, I think, was a whole other life." "Everybody does that. Every moment of every day. Every single decision we make, every breath we draw, opens some doors and closes many others. Most of them we don't notice. Some we do. Sounds like you noticed one.

There are times, however, when whatever your metabolism you have to take a deep breath.

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Anyone who can go through Hyde Park on a summer's evening and not feel moved by it is probably going through in an ambulance with the sheet pulled over their face.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.