My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends.
Christopher HitchensWhen I went to Czechoslovakia under the old Communist regime one day in the '80s, I thought to myself whatever I do, whatever happens to me in Prague I'm not going to use the name Kafka, I'm just not going to do it. I won't do it; it's so easy, everyone else does, I'm not going to. I'll write the first non-Kafka mentioning piece.
Christopher HitchensI say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it's a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
Christopher HitchensThe cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.
Christopher Hitchens