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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
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If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does.
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The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.
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If you've led a rather bohemian and rackety life, as I have, it's precisely the cancer that you'd expect to get. That's a bit of a yawn.
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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
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Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome.
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