Another from “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.”
"Your God person pouts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like guys, oh but don't eat the apple. Surprise surprise, they eat it and he leaps out from behind a bush shouting 'Gotcha.' It wouldn't have made any difference if they hadn't eaten it... If you're dealing with somebody who has the sort of mentality which likes leaving hats on the pavement with bricks under them you know perfectly well they won't give up. They'll get you in the end." - Douglas Adams, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"
You could read this quote and think it’s a satire on religion. I read the quote and see a satire on life.
Life can be the person with the mentality of leaving a hat on the street with bricks under it. Someone who kids the hat soon discovers the painful surprise. If I had a quarter for every time life planted a nice hat on the pavement for me to kick…