A winding footpath through green highlands towards a sunlit lake and distant hills.

Original artwork, not a still

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul • 1988

Douglas Adams

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Plans don't always deliver you to the place you had in mind. The speaker accepts that, then sees a different kind of success. A detour can still lead somewhere that turns out to be exactly right.

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