“Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“As he defended the book one evening in the early 1980s at the Carnegie Endowment in New York, I knew that some… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's the professional deformation of many writers, and has ruined not a few. (I remember Kingsley Amis, himself no slouch, saying that… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I have tried to write about politics in an allusive manner that draws upon other interests and to approach literature and criticism… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Our most holy religion is founded on faith, not on reason; and it is a sure method of exposing it to put… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly surprising to find how few… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I want to give just a slight indication of the influence the book has had. I knew that George Orwell , in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“He found it impossible to believe that a world so full of evil was the work of an Author combining infinite power… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Iranian people were converted to Islam not very much longer after the conquest of the Arab world by Islam, but they… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The belief of an infinity of creative and created Gods, each more eminently requiring an intelligent author of his being than the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Authors as diverse as Matthew Arnold and George Orwell have given thought to the serious question: what is to be done about… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“By all means let us agree that we are pattern-seeking mammals and that, owing to our restless intelligence and inquisitiveness, we will… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The diet book is one of those fool-and-money separation devices that seems, like roulette or slot machines, never to lose its power. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It comes as no surprise to find [Norman] Mailer embracing [in the book On God ] a form of Manicheanism, pitting the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The belief of an infinity of creative and created Gods, each more eminently requiring an intelligent author of his being than the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I am often described to my irritation as a 'contrarian' and even had the title inflicted on me by the publisher of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I had not particularly liked the way in which he wrote about literature in Beginnings , and I was always on my… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It is strange, a judicious reader is apt to say, upon the perusal of these wonderful historians, that such prodigious events never… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been made so… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In the very recent past, we have seen the Church of Rome befouled by its complicity with the unpardonable sin of child rape, or,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It isn’t so long since a test of Anglican orthodoxy was applied to anyone seeking to study or teach at Oxford and Cambridge universities.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don't know quite why this is true but it just is. Don't… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
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