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title: "1 Embalmed Quotes By Simon Brett"
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> [“The obituary seemed like a washing of the body. It cleaned Steen up. The existence of the photographs, all the sordid aspects of the man's life were rinsed away by the formalised prose. The Western ritual of death was observed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brett/the-obituary-seemed-like-a-washing-of-the-body-it-cleaned-steen-up/)

Simon Brett

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## More by Simon Brett

> [“I can’t think when I was last surprised by anything I did. No, I’ll get my own thing going, I don’t know, I’ll .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brett/i-can-t-think-when-i-was-last-surprised-by-anything-i-did-no-i-ll-get/)

Simon Brett

> [“The obituary seemed like a washing of the body. It cleaned Steen up. The existence of the photographs, all the sordid aspects of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brett/the-obituary-seemed-like-a-washing-of-the-body-it-cleaned-steen-up/)

Simon Brett

> [The only situation which might justify panic is one in which panic is likely to help. Such a situation never arises. Though pretended panic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brett/the-only-situation-which-might-justify-panic-is-one-in-which-panic-is/)

Simon Brett

> [“Like many other Catholics, Esmond had a crust of Catholic complacency over a thin layer of doubt, which spanned a deep morass of sheer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brett/like-many-other-catholics-esmond-had-a-crust-of-catholic-complacency/)

Simon Brett

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