"There is perfection in the presence of the lady. Lagac thrives in abundance in the presence of Nance. She chose the c…"

"Ritual provides coherence and significance to traditional narrative as it does to traditional life. Ritual can be def…"

"Ritual-based cultures are founded on the primary assumption that the universe is alive and that it is supernaturally …"

"A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual."

"If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed …"

"Don't confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol…"

"Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established tha…"

"Leopards break in¬to the tem¬ple and drink all the sac¬ri¬fi¬cial ves¬sels dry; it keeps hap¬pen¬ing; in the end, it …"

"Ritual. One more gaudy emptiness in place of the real thing. One more hope gone."

"Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth."