What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed tha…

Christopher Hitchens
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What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating. ✨ Christopher Hitchens (2012). Mortality, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd
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