Related:

• Chapter 1 The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created.
  This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move....
• In the beginning the Universe was created... This made a lot of people angry and was widely regarded as a bad move.
  -- Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe...
• Your arrival on the planet has caused considerable excitement.
  It has already been hailed, so I gather, as the third most improbable event in the history of the Universe....
• Has the world always been like this, or have I been too wrapped up in myself to notice?
  -- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
• And this is his sofa, is it? -- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Dark, no light. -- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy