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#1

“Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

tags: existence, humor, invention, inventions, no-remorse, problem, voltaire

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“Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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#3

“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

tags: atheism, humanism

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#4

“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

tags: affection, atheism, cats, dogs, food, god, pets, religion, shelter, water

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#5

“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: atheism, child-abuse, children, feminism, hell, religion, religion-and-children, rhetorical-questions, sexism, women, women-and-religion

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#6

“What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

tags: atheism, dislikes, racism, religion, scepticism, stupidity, superstition

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#7

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him will believeth in anything. - Hitchens 3:16”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: brainwashing, critical-thinking, humor, independent-thought, truth, wisdom

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#8

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

tags: love, poetry

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#9

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
― Lou Holtz

tags: inspiration, motivation

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#10

“As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.”
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

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#11

“There is no greater sorrow
than thinking back upon a happy time
in misery--”
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

tags: dante-alighieri, inferno, mistakes

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#12

“So while I was busy saving you from Hell,
you were pushing me further to it; the poison murdering me well.”
― Shannon Perry, Ad Eundum Quo Nemo Ante iit:: A Carmina Collectio

tags: abuse, abusive-relationships, love, love-hurts, relationships, sad-but-true, sadness

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#13

“Rising from the ashes, I am born again,
powerful, exultant, majestic through all the pain.”
― Shannon Perry, Ad Eundum Quo Nemo Ante iit:: A Carmina Collectio

tags: mental-health, mental-illness, phoenix, recovery, suicide-attempt, survival, survivor

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