He was one of those dangerous people who are soft, squidgy and cowlike provided they have what they want. And because he had always had what he wanted, and had seemed easily pleased with it, it had never occurred to anybody that he was anything other than soft, squidgy and cowlike. You would have to push through a lot of soft squidgy bits in order to find a bit that didn't give when you pushed it. That was the bit that all the soft squidgy bits were there to protect.
Douglas Adams, in Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency
How does he do it? How does he look inside and come out with just the right words? And how come with words like squidy and cowlike, it is still so perfect?
1 comment:
Hmm, now that you mention it... i realize i'll not have much problem in believing that the two books were written by two different people!
Btw, did you get the Coleridge bit at the end?
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