"Well, I'm dying, since you asked," Hitchens replied. "So are you, but I'm doing it faster and in more rich and fecund detail."
Christopher Hitchens, on his battle with cancer. I recommend the whole article: Hitchens--even in his poisoned, withered state--is as sharp as always.
A dignified death is hard to come by, but we must all strive for it. My sci-fi hero did:
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I'm sorry I missed him in B'ham. When I first became aware of him in the '80s, I could not stand to see his face much less listen to him. Now I will sorely miss him when he's dead. There is not, & probably never will be, another person I can say that about.
ReplyDelete(Spock's death scene marks the last time I cried in a movie theater. I even tear up when I watch it now.)