Quote 1506
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Context / explanation
from his book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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