You are aware that what they do, they do for the world, and the results are, of course, magnificent. But when you . read Douglas Adams. . you feel you are, perhaps, the only person in the world who really gets them. Just about everybody else admires them, of course, but no one really connects with them in the way you do . . It’s like falling in love. When an especially peachy Adams’ turn of phrase or epithet enters the eye and penetrates the brain, you want to tap the shoulder of the nearest stranger and share it. The stranger might laugh and seem to enjoy the writing, but you hug to yourself the thought that they didn’t quite understand its force and quality the way you do, just as your friends, thank heavens, don’t also fall in love with the person you are going on and on about to them.Stephen Fry
About This Quote
While the sentiment is profound, the reason it is profound is that we can relate to it. We all know that we don't understand and appreciate everything and everyone the way we should. We all know that we feel like we can share our appreciation and knowledge with others, but we don't. We all know that we wish we could love and be loved in the way Stephen Fry explains it.
If only someone could understand what makes us happy enough to try so hard as to write a book as popular as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . . .
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