Unbeknownst to the friend who text me this, I was just about to walk into the chemist (pharmacy) when he sent me this.

I miss Adams' writing.

Space … is big. Really 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, but that’s just peanuts to space.

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy