4 quotes
Some things, this ritual says, must be permanent.
The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
A ritual wouldn't be much of a ritual if you didn't feel like you've been put through the wringer, would it?
The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
If something becomes common enough to turn into a ritual, and then starts to involve really large numbers of people, that's when the ritual becomes something else.
The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
The name of the game here, and in all the institutions that run your life, is keeping order, because if the institutions didn't do that, it would be the end of civilization as we know it, wouldn't it? So, the institutions are usually old-fashioned; don't like change.
The Day the Universe Changed (1985)