The Magus (1968)

Anthony Quinn: Maurice Conchis

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• Maurice Conchis : [to Nicholas]  Now, I will show you something. The ultimate reality. Not the hammer and sickle, not the stars and stripes, not lysergic acid, not the sun, not gold, not yin and yang. But

  [reveals smile statue] 

  Maurice Conchis : The Smile.

• Maurice Conchis : All men feel the need to risk death at least once in their life. War is a very unscientific answer to that need.

• [Nicholas hands a book to Conchis] 

  Nicholas Urfe : I came to return this.

  Maurice Conchis : You came here to meet me. Please, life is short. My name is Conchis.

  Nicholas Urfe : My name is Urfe. From the school. I find life long.

• Maurice Conchis : [after describing Nazi atrocity]  What would you have done?

  Nicholas Urfe : God Knows.

  Maurice Conchis : God never has to choose. You and I do.