My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they havent elected a new one. Theres no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I dont miss it. – Christopher Hitchens
A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other peoples hope. – Christopher Hitchens

