Class Quote by Gwen Raverat

It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“As they perform this ritual, I almost have to turn away, thinking again what a boomeranging, out-of-body experience it is to watch a religious…

— Patricia Lockwood

“I am not a churchgoing man. Strangled in the vines of form and choked with ritual Christians, Sunday service held no appeal for me…

— Randall Robinson

“Then it hits me. I’m actually kneeling before a toilet. The throne, as other drunks call it. How many drunken nights and slungover mornings…

— Mary Karr

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but…

— Bram Stoker

I danced out my pain...It felt like praying, like flying.

— Christie Watson

Some of my earliest memories are dancing in the kitchen, standing on my mom's toes.

— Ian Ziering

“There was an evil wind howling through the undulating hills that night, rattling the loose panes in the windows of the cottage, keeping me…

— Kiran Manral

I remember there was this one lady shaman who said that having children puts a hole in your soul. And the only way to…

— Larkin Grimm

I was, not an altar boy, but a reader of the Epistle, and I walked in on a nun and a priest furiously French…

— George Saunders

I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so…

— Katy Perry

The first expression of religion was the dance, and the first motive of the dance was religion.

— La Meri