“I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves.”

— Christopher Hitchens

Source: Hitch-22: A Memoir

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British American author and journalist 1949–2011

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