In this chapter, Hitchens talks about how life is always inconsistent, changes and there is always question of what happens next. “Wherever life exists, there also is inconsistency, division, strife.” Hitchens is saying that no matter what there is always uncertainty. In the chapter, Hitchens gives several examples to prove his point. “One admires the Greek style for its quite emphasis on symmetry and balance, but then what is the balance is tipped and the time disjointed?” Hitchens is proving the inconsistency with different beliefs. A quote from the Dalai Lama is in this passage. “I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness.” Note that in his quote he uses the term “I think”. Hitchens goes on to talk about the contradiction of this statement, he states, “The odd thing is that in the last sentence the words “I think” are inserted, as if in compliment to the old-fashioned and materialistic notion that the human brain might have a say.”
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