Praying quotes

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Christopher Hitchens Author, Critic, Journalist
Praying

"Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.'"

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Christopher Hitchens Author, Critic, Journalist
Praying

"It's a better tradition for people who think for themselves and who don't pray in aid of any supernatural authority. That's what you should be spending your life is in spreading and deepening that tradition."

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Anne Lamott Author, Essayist
Praying

"When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress."

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