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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Beloved, bumbling Detective Dirk Gently returns in this standalone novel—in trade paperback for the first time—from Douglas Adams, the legendary author of one of the most beloved science fiction novels of all time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<

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“It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression ‘As pretty as an airport.”

— Douglas Adams, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books

“You’re paid a lot and you’re not happy, so the first thing you do is buy stuff that you don’t want or need—for which you need more money.”

— Douglas Adams, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, Money, Society

“Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.”

— Douglas Adams, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“It was his subconscious which told him this---that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.”

— Douglas Adams, amazon.com

Tagged: Subconscious, Mind, Brain

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

— Douglas Adams, amazon.com

Tagged: Destiny, Fate, Life, Intentions, Off-Track