Christopher Hitchens - One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want t...

Christopher Hitchens Zitate

One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has.

Christopher Hitchens

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Man hat Kinder in der Erwartung, vor ihnen zu sterben. Sie wollen verdammt sicher sein, dass Sie vor ihnen sterben, genau wie Sie einen Baum pflanzen oder ein Haus bauen, in der Hoffnung, dass es Sie überleben wird. So hat sich die menschliche Spezies so gut gemacht wie sie ist.

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