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Happiness is fleeting and life is brief, but we know that, nonetheless, life can be savored and that happiness, even of the ecstatic kind, is available to us.
Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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Portsmouth
England
Christopher Eric Hitchens
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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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