"One must observe the proper rites."

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#Rite Quotes #Ritual Quotes

“It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs.”

Source : Christopher Moore (2009). “Lamb: A Novel”, p.148, Hachette UK
“I always performed as a kid to make my family laugh and was more concerned with making kids at school laugh than I was about the lessons.”
“Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.”
“Like the sweet moon keeps the sky Like the wind goin' whooshing by When those ol' sunbeams break the day I will keep you while you play Just as ol' river keeps the fishes And little stars keep silver wishes Just as the ocean keeps the blue I will stand here close to you. When all around is dark and deep When them ol' shadows slowly creep Even when you're fast asleep It's you I'll keep, it's you I'll keep No need to cry, no need to fear I will always be right here. I will always be right here.”

Source : Kathi Appelt (2012). “The Underneath”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“We think in generalities, but we live in detail.”

Source : Alfred North Whitehead (2014). “Science and Philosophy”, p.20, Open Road Media
“In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.”
“for ... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain.”

Source : Helen Waddell (2000). “The Wandering Scholars of the Middle Ages”, p.24, Courier Corporation
“Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control.”

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