# Quote — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

> "I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
>
> "But it was the Great Question! The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything," howled Loonquawl.
>
> "Yes," said Deep Thought with the air of one who suffers fools gladly, "but what actually is it?"
>
> A slow stupefied silence crept over the men as they stared at the computer and then at each other.
>
> "Well, you know, it's just Everything ... Everything ..." offered Phouchg weakly.
>
> "Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means."

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>
> "I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been there."

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> "Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

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> "'''This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

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