Hitchens and child
by Adam | Thursday 13 October 2011
Regardless of your position on Christopher Hitchens and his well-known atheism (or battle with cancer, I should add), this story out of my native Houston about his unexpected discussion about literature with an eight-year-old girl warms the cockles of the heart.
The post is written by someone who was there, but takes bits from the story as reported by the Houston Chronicle and the girl's mother. Just read it, mkay?
“Well, so you like to read?’“Yes.”
“What are you reading now?”
“Harry Potter”
“Good. Which one are you on? Which number?”
“Oh, well, really the Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman. I like it a lot.”
“Good. So, is this your first meeting like this?”
“Yes.”
“Why did you come? Curiosity? Wait, I won’t answer my own question.”
Pause…. “I wanted to hear other great freethinkers because that is what I want to be when I grow up.”