One has to abandon altogether the search for security, and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to court doubt and darkness as the… - Morris West

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One has to abandon altogether the search for security, and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing.

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About Morris West

Morris Langlo West (26 April 1916 – 9 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright.

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Alternative Names: Morris Langlo West Michael East Julian Morris
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You are not born to peace, my friend. This is the first thing you must accept. You will not come to it, perhaps, till the day you die. Each of us has his own cross, you know, made and fitted to his reluctant shoulders.

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Who said to me, a foetus in the womb, a puling babe, "You have your life, but on the condition that you thus believe?" No one! Not even God! So gentlemen, I say you have no right to make terms for my life. I tell you then — No! I will not recant.

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