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Quote by Christopher Hitchens
A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations

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

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To terrify children with the image of hell… to consider women an inferior creation. Is that good for the world? – Christopher Hitchens

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When I meet people who say – which they do all of the time – I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest, and so forth, I switch off quite early. – Christopher Hitchens

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Its surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. – Christopher Hitchens

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With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, Studs, youre an optimist. I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because whats the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. – Studs Terkel

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The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. – Marian Zimmer Bradley

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. – Epicurus

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