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Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Always Am Conversation Engage Often People Reader Talking Try Trying Well Work Write Yes I Am I Can I Write

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One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Before Build Children Damn Die Done Dying Expectation Fact Hoping House How Human Human Species In Fact Just Knowing Make Outlive Plant Species Sure Them Tree Want Well Will You

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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.'

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Death Eternal Eternal Life Good Horrible Life Me Only People Pray Pray For Reborn Say See Then Torture Well Who You

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I mean, what would I be doing if I couldn't write? But that fortunately hasn't proved to be the case and I can read any day. I still read a lot, and I can write any day, but much more slowly and fewer words.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Any Case Day Doing Fewer Fortunately Lot Mean More Much Proved Read Slowly Still Words Would Write I Can

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I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Abuse Advanced Constitution Decent Quite Robust Spite Still Years

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I feel upsettingly de-natured. If Penelope Cruz were one of my nurses, I wouldn't even notice.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Cruz Even Feel Notice Nurses Were I Feel

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I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Being Cause Endangered Good Good Cause Instead Just Life My Life Others Patient Risking Sometimes Suffering Were Wish

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I was becoming post-ideological.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Becoming

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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Celestial Commandments Get Getting Good Good Way Great Innately Issue Morality Philosophy Questions Resolving Study Ten Ten Commandments Very Way

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I'm not a conservative of any kind.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: Any Conservative Kind

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 13th, 1949

Died: December 15th, 2011

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