I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious. Christopher Hitchens ideakeenunconscious Change image and share on social
When I go to the clinic next and sit with a tube in my arm and watch the poison go in, I'm in an attitude of abject passivity. It doesn't feel like fighting at all; it just feels like submitting. Christopher Hitchens abjectarmattitude Change image and share on social
I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do. Christopher Hitchens atheist Change image and share on social
In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them. Christopher Hitchens controldisorderfast Change image and share on social
The Islamists will try to spoil everything for everyone. Christopher Hitchens islamistspoil Change image and share on social
I think the materialist conception of history is valid. Christopher Hitchens conceptionhistorymaterialist Change image and share on social
Lovers often invest their first meetings with retrospective significance, as if to try to conjure the elements of the numinous out of the stubborn witness of the everyday. Christopher Hitchens conjureelementeveryday Change image and share on social
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 conversationengagepeople share on social
Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R. Christopher Hitchens defenseorderreagan Change image and share on social