Their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they wer…

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Their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do. ✨ Douglas Adams (2010). The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, p.683, Del Rey
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