Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
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2010s, 2011, Mortality (2012)
“As a terrified, half-aware imbecile, I might even scream for a priest at the close of business, though I hereby state while I am still lucid that the entity thus humiliating itself would not in fact be "me."”
Bear this in mind, in case of any later rumors or fabrications.
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