I want to understand rites of passage I've never experienced, like motherhood. — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
To me rites of passage through life, that's a wonderful, beautiful thing. — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
These are used solely for Blood Rites. (Leo) Is that like special ed? (Susan) — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
It amazes me that the most Christian funerals are the most barbaric funeral rites of passage that are celebrated anywhere in the… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“She was pregnant, of course: pregnant women carried out all the Tribe's sacred rituals.” — Peadar Ó Guilín Copy Share Image
Especially these days where everything is so polite and so proper, I think that rites of passage are good. — Emile Hirsch 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
“Rites and rituals open hearts and clear minds. They help us embody reverence and allow us to get in touch with our… — Ahriana Platten Copy Share Image
“Dies iral, dies illa Solvet Saeclum in Favilla Teste David cum Silylla That Day of Wrath, that day of burning Seer and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it is quite remarkable actually that Pope Benedict has a sense of the variety of ways in which it is… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“The most barbarous and the most fantastic rites and the strangest myths translate some human need, some aspect of life, either individual… — Émile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the… — Paul Harris Copy Share Image
Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic,… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
I can't believe it's actually happening. This is independent adulthood, this is what it feels like. Shouldn't there be some sort of… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in Nigeria - and I shouldn't say Nigeria, because that's too general, but in Afikpo, the Igbo… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
“In spiritual and shamanic traditions, every trial is seen as an opportunity for purification and learning. Stagnating in pain dissipates vital energy… — Marie Chieze Copy Share Image
“Rites–of–passage stories…were cherished in pre–literate societies not only for their entertainment value, but also as mythic tools to prepare young men and… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Shortly after her feeding tube is removed, Terri Schiavo receives the Catholic ceremony of last rites. Michael Schiavo stays in a room… — Mark Fuhrman Copy Share Image
The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
