WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:36:20 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg grapefruit – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Adams, Douglas -- Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 4, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, ch. 23 (1984) https://wist.info/adams-douglas/82816/ https://wist.info/adams-douglas/82816/#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:04:12 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=82816 “Life,” he said, “is like a grapefruit.”
“Er, how so?”
“Well, it’s sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It’s got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast.”


Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 4, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, ch. 23 (1984)
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