A quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2024)

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What is the quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? ›

I'd far rather be happy than right any day. Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

In the series, Don't Panic is a phrase on the cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The novel explains that this was partly because the device "looked insanely complicated" to operate, and partly to keep intergalactic travellers from panicking.

You're scared to get out on your own. You've always had it good, so you're soft. Well, not me! Nobody ever gave me anything, so I don't owe nobody!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: First line hints at central concept of the story. "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."

In Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 42 is the number from which all meaning ("the meaning of life, the universe, and everything") can be derived. However, its actual significance is open to interpretation.

What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

So, back to the question: “What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?” Deep Thought gives “42” as the answer, and with the proper context this is the best answer Deep Thought could give because Deep Thought is giving the answer in the only way a computer understands.

Answer and Explanation: The moral or message of the story "The Hitchhiker" by Roald Dahl is that we should treat people how we ourselves would like to be treated, and try not to judge people too harshly.

I also was excited to find reference to a Dylan song ... "How many roads must a man walk down?" ... the perfect question to understanding the universe, life, and everything?

What is the secret of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? ›

Toward the end of the book, the supercomputer Deep Thought reveals that the answer to the “Great Question” of “Life, the Universe and Everything” is “forty-two.” Deep Thought takes 7.5 million years to calculate the answer to the ultimate question.

The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years.

The great supercomputer Deep Thought is the most powerful computer ever built, with one exception. It was designed by hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings, who wanted to know the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everthing. Its creation annoyed a fair few philosophers, who felt that it was taking over their turf.