A half-full glass of beer is surrounded by small pale paper flowers.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • 1979

Douglas Adams

Arthur stared into his beer. "Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?"

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Arthur, staring into his beer, wonders whether he did something wrong today or whether the world has always been like this and he was too self-absorbed to notice. A bewildered, self-doubting question.

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