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#1

“The quality you most admire in a man? Courage moral and physical: 'anima'—the ability to think like a woman. Also a sense of the absurd.

The quality you most admire in a woman? Courage moral and physical: “anima”—the ability to visualize the mind and need of a man. Also a sense of the absurd.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

tags: absurdity, courage, empathy, men, sensitivity, women

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#2

“Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports

tags: death, literature, nadine-gordimer, writing

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#3

“To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

tags: faults, materialism, sympathy

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#4

“We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

tags: anxiety, life

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#5

“A melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realisation that you can't make old friends.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere

tags: ageing, friendship

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#6