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> [“If there was a God up there, which there wasn’t, why was it that he worked so hard to identify whatever thing a man dreaded most, and, having identified it, why did he always, always, vindictively succeed in making that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/if-there-was-a-god-up-there-which-there-wasn-t-why-was-it-that-he/)

Richard Herley

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## More by Richard Herley

> [“Man had created God in his own image, not the other way around. He had done it through sheer terror, and who could blame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/man-had-created-god-in-his-own-image-not-the-other-way-around-he-had/)

Richard Herley

> [“He had never told her just what he thought of the value of prayer and all the rest of the self-deluding mumbo jumbo with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/he-had-never-told-her-just-what-he-thought-of-the-value-of-prayer-and/)

Richard Herley

> [“On the mainland he had always lived in the future, always looking forward to the completion of the project in hand. When he passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/on-the-mainland-he-had-always-lived-in-the-future-always-looking/)

Richard Herley

> [“If there was a God up there, which there wasn’t, why was it that he worked so hard to identify whatever thing a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/if-there-was-a-god-up-there-which-there-wasn-t-why-was-it-that-he/)

Richard Herley

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