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After a death, you eat and drink and remember the good things and try to laugh again. Grief profits no one, least of all the departed, who are quit of it for ever.

— Morris West Masterclass (1988)

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More quotes by Morris West

Once you accept the existence of God — however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him — then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.

The Clowns of God (1981)

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

The Clowns of God (1981)

The prevalence of evil is the darkest and most frightening mystery of the universe.

Eminence (1998)

In Switzerland everything that is not forbidden is legal.

Masterclass (1988)

Religion is the good you do in the bad times.

The Ringmaster (1991)

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