Arthur Dent

"I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base thirteen."

"The fact that we live here is bad enough, but the fact that we live here and are watched over by robots is intolerable."

"What's it like being disintegrated? It's no joke, I tell you."

"I wish you'd stop watching me like that. It makes me feel like I'm a bug under a microscope."

"Just when you think you've lost everything, you find out you can always lose a little more."

"What I mean is I'd like to know what the question is that would make 42 the answer."

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

"A cup of tea would be nice"

"All through my life I've had this strange unaccountable feeling that something was going on"

"You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with nothing but a towel and a bowl of petunias falling around me, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me"

"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays"

"The fact that we live here is as odd as anything I've ever heard"

"A cup of tea would be nice"

"There's nothing worse than finding out your life is meaningless"

"What's this? A salad?"

"Tea is the most comforting thing in existence"

"This is rather good isn't it, all this?"

"You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with nothing but a bowl of petunias above me, that I wish I'd listened to what my mother told me."

"I wish you'd just tell me rather than try to engage my enthusiasm."

"I'm not sure I want to be happy. But it does seem like a good idea."

"It's unpleasantly like being drunk."

"I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base thirteen."

"I've seen it. It's rubbish."

"There are other worlds than these."

"Why does it always have to be spaceships?"

"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"

"There's no place like home."

"A cup of tea would be very welcome."

"The moment you start to take yourself seriously and that life is owed to you, you start to get depressed."

"What's the point of having a telephone if you never use it?"