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 agonisedeatheternal Change image and share on social
The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books. Christopher Hitchens beingbookholy Change image and share on social
Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me. Christopher Hitchens comfortlitteramanet Change image and share on social
George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism. Christopher Hitchens absolutismblackbush Change image and share on social
'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. Christopher Hitchens afghanistanageback share on social
I don't think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own, Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri, and will be again. Christopher Hitchens affirmcrazyeden share on social
When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,' and so forth, I switch off quite early. Christopher Hitchens auntcancerclimb share on social
I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. Christopher Hitchens composelifeposthumously Change image and share on social
A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if the user consciously intends to be using it. Christopher Hitchens airconsciouslyemploy Change image and share on social
For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them. Christopher Hitchens drivehappylife Change image and share on social
