I'd like to prove to other people that it's not the end of everything to be diagnosed with cancer.
Christopher HitchensReligion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms - had the smallest idea of what was going on. It comes from the bawling and fearful infancy of our species, and is a babyish attempt to meet our inescapable demand for knowledge. Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than any of the founders of religion.
Christopher HitchensFor the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.
Christopher HitchensIn our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test.
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