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• Along the south side, so cold that we cried, were we ever colder on that day, a million miles away, it seemed from all of eternity.
• And yesterday the planet seemed to be going so well..
• Burns: So, how did we do? Smithers: [looking at his stopwatch] It's a new record, sir.
  Burns: Outstanding. Well, perhaps all of this _has_ been worthwhile....
• ALL-PURPOSE EXCUSE:It seemed like a good idea at the time.
• If all the good people were clever And all the clever people were good The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could.
  But somehow, 'tis seldom or ner The two hit it off as they should The good are so harsh to the clever The clever so rude to the good!...
• All crimes should be treasured, if they bring thee pleasure somehow.
• This is terrific, Nelson's Column has gone, McDonald's has gone, all that's left is me and the words Mostly Harmless.
  Any second now all that will be left is Mostly Harmless....
• There was a vague, unpleasant manginess about his appearance
  he somehow seemed dirty, though a close glance showed him as carefully shaven as an actor, and clad in immaculate linen....