当布兰代斯的一位同事突然因心脏病发作而死时，莫里参加了葬礼。他说，他沮丧的是什么浪费。所有这些人都说那些奇妙的话，而IRV从未听到任何内容。
(When a colleague at Brandeis died suddenly of a heart attack, Morrie went to his funeral. He came home depressed.What a waste, he said. All those people saying those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it.)