an excerpt of 'mortality'

a lovely light, 08/2010, for christopher hitchens.

on publishers weekly, an excerpt of mortality by christopher hitchens.

two snips:

'the notorious stage theory of elisabeth kubler-​ross, whereby one progresses from denial to rage through bargaining to depression and the eventual bliss of “acceptance,” hasn’t so far had much application to my case. in one way, i suppose, i have been “in denial” for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light. 

and

to the dumb question “why me?” the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not?' 

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