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Quote by Amy Vanderbilt
We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man. – Amy Vanderbilt

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A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late, now too early, by which Society would register the quick motions of man. – E. M. Forster

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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. – G. K. Chesterton

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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books. – George Gurdjieff

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Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic. – Derek Walcott

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