Blog Archives

Douglas Adams: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

9/20/2012

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.

0 Comments

Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad

9/7/2012

0 Comments

“Cats are like witches. They don’t fight to kill, but to win. There is a difference. There’s no point in killing an opponent. That way, they won’t know they’ve lost, and to be a real winner you have to have an opponent who is beaten and knows it. There’s no triumph over a corpse, but a beaten opponent, who will remain beaten every day of the remainder of their sad and wretched life, is something to treasure.”

0 Comments

Douglas Adams: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad

Archives

Categories