“Every missed rite of passage leads to a new rigidification of the personality.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died. — Lewis Tappan Copy Share Image
“No thought is a stupid thought, those who are thoughtless are thought of as stupid.” — Nate Spears Copy Share Image
As many as two out of every three Europeans who came to the colonies were debtors on arrival: they paid for their… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“So there is a before and there is an after. That isn't made up. But it's just a passage of time, no… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
“Death looks different when you know that death is not an end; when we realize that death is a passage of really… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The House passage of our bill is a victory for this country! Common sense wins out. I'm just so thrilled and excited.… — Sarah Brady Copy Share Image
“book and happened to strike a wonderful passage I would close the book then and there and go for a walk. I… — Rosalyn D'Mello Copy Share Image
In 'Open City,' there is a passage that any reader of Joyce will immediately recognise as a very close, formal analogue of… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
The message of Jesus is summed up partly in the Sermon on the Mount, and partly when he begins his ministry and… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
I've been a huge cricket fan since my teens, and I often used to go down to St. Helen's in Swansea in… — Steffan Rhodri Copy Share Image
“The day’s passage was by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It read: That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are,… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“We need to go first because we cannot live without your love and care. If we lived longer than you, we would… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
“I have lived a big life. For that I am grateful. But as one disengages from it and grows more reflective and… — David Paul Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“I loved her. I did not know what state of mind I would be in when I got where I was going… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
“My darkness reaches out and fumbles at a typewriter with its tongs. Your darkness reaches out with your tongs and grasps a… — William Golding Copy Share Image
“To apply a passage, therefore, you need to see what your passage reveals about God and the way people responded and lived… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden, My daughter is… — Richard Wilbur Copy Share Image
“Why d’you read then?” “Partly for pleasure, because it’s a habit and I’m just as uncomfortable if I don’t read as if… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Every new generation seems to have to go through its Doors rite of passage. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Few of us go through life without taking part in some kind of rite of passage. — Hank Nuwer Copy Share Image
“If God had to build a door, it’s because we erected a wall.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
