Q: "Why do you think people so desperately want there to be a purpose for humankind?"
Answer by Gore Vidal: "They don't want to be extinct. They think if there's a purpose, somebody as wonderful as they is going to be preserved. I haven't met many people worth preservation, you know, much less their hopes and fears. They have my sympathy but no more. I've been close to death a few times. You do start to think about being snuffed out like a candle but if you're in pain or a more deadly subject, boredom, you can accept it pretty easily."
From an interview with Gore Vidal in this month's "The Humanist" magazine.
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