Ah, Bates, you and your expectations. Always expecting this and expecting that. May I recommend serenity to you? A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment. Learn to be one with the joy of the moment.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter

Dirk Gently No. 2, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, ch. 4 [Dirk] (1988)
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