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<b>Yvonne</b><br>There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in . . .<br>— Graham Greene: <i>The Power and the Glory</i><br> <br>Something I owe to the soil that grew —<br>More to the life that fed —<br>But most to <i>Allah </i>who gave me two<br>Separate sides to my head.<br>— Rudyard Kipling: <i>Kim </i><br> <br> <br>I OF COURSE do not believe that it is “Allah” who determines these things. (Salman Rushdie, commenting on my book <i>god Is Not Great</i>, remarked rather mordantly that the chief problem with its title was a lack of economy: that it was in other words exactly one word too long.)<br> <br>But whatever one’s ontology may be, it will always seem tempting to believe that everything must have a first cause or, if nothing quite as grand as that, at the very least a definite beginning. And on that point I have no vagueness or indecision. I do know a little of how I came to be in two minds. And <i>this </i>is how it begins with me:<br> <br>I am standing on a ferry-boat that is crossing a lovely harbor. I have since learned many versions and variations of the word “blue,” but let’s say that a brilliant if slightly harsh sunshine illuminates a

Author

Hitchens, Christopher

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780771041150

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.03 / 5 (12,889 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14