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How does a mere and gross materialist like me, with no expectation of a life to come, decide what, if anything, is worth caring about? (...) A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called 'meaningless' except if the person living it is also an existentialist and elects to call it so. It could be that all existence is a pointless joke, but it is not in fact possible to live one's everyday life as if this were so.



Christopher Hitchens