“I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the em...” — Christopher Hitchens Quote

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion.

I was becoming post-ideological.

What struck me, in reading the reports from Sri Lanka, was the mild disgrace of belonging to our imperfectly evolved species in the first place. People who had just seen their neighbors swept away would tell the reporters that they knew a judgment had been coming, because the Christians had used alcohol and meat at Christmas or because ... well, yet again you can fill in the blanks for yourself. It was interesting, though, to notice that the Buddhists were often the worst. Contentedly patting an image of the chubby lord on her fencepost, a woman told the

I work out. I'm getting toned, too. The Wii Fit really works your body. When I get off, I'm dying.

I've been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long.

I've been dying to play.

I hardly ever watch the news... I love reading newspapers, but I know they're dying out.

I just didn't want a musical side of me being prosperous but I'm dying on the inside.