I think this is one of Christopher Hitchens’ loveliest quotes. If I were Alexander, Sophia or Antonia Hitchens, I would feel proud to be the child of the man who says this:
And not scorning the three delightful children who result— who are everything to me and who are my only chance of a human glimpse of a second life, let alone an immortal one, I’ll tell you something: if I was told to sacrifice them to prove my devotion to God, if I was told to do what all monotheists are told to do and admire the man who said, “Yes, I’ll gut my kid to show my love of God,” I’d say, “No, fuck you.”

