Das Buch ist so voller wunderbarer gedanken, dass man beim lesen fast atemlos wird.
Die wahrste beobachtung, die ich mir ständig angesichts der Brennerautobahn denke: ...People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A... and... B... . They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be.
Und dass er dann noch punkt D für Prosser's wunschort reinholt... einmalig, wie der gedanke aufgebaut wird, um dann zu den Äxten über der tür abzuschweifen.
Das Gespräch Ford vs Prosser ist immer wieder genial, und dann der schluss
As soon as Mr Prosser realized that he was substantially the loser after all, it was as if a weight lifted itself off his shoulders: this was more like the world as he knew it.
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He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. - Ebenfalls ein wahrer satz.