Quotes About Ceremony

throng looked on, Richard knelt

libations of milk and wine.

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

Awards nights are a part of our modern culture; they're part of what we do.

There's no problem with a guard of honour in any way.

The ceremony was elegant and yet surprisingly intimate. The pastor read from Second Corinthians, and then Megan and Daniel recited vows they'd written together. They promised patience when it was easy to be impatient, candor when it was easier to lie, and in their own ways, each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

Where are the sacred forms, and the ritual knife so I can slice open a vein and sign them in blood?

It must always stand upright. The athame

Who grins in official circumstances?

The hoary judge put his mouth close to his ear, panted for a moment, made the announcement and slowly moved away, as though ungluing himself.

Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated.

After all, it is your wedding." Kate kicked me under the table. We always said that if we had a dollar for every time we heard that phrase, we'd be millionaires. If we had a dollar for each time it was sincere, we'd barely be able to split a latte.

Their marriages are not with one woman but with as many as they like, and without much ceremony

Her Majesty dined on board, and after dinner conferred the honour of knighthood on the captain.

They can have their little ceremony. We know the truth.

Dinnertime comes and goes, but none of them can imagine eating. It seems like something only people in films do, something lovely and decorative, that whole act of raising a fork to your mouth. Some kind of purposeless ceremony.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

She kisses his lips; he kisses hers; they solemnly bless each other. The spare hand does not tremble

And they were married with the sun shining on them through the painted figure of Our Saviour on the window. And they went into the very room where Little Dorrit had slumbered after her party, to sign the Marriage Register.

What would you like, black or green?" "Green, please. It has an earthier taste." "What is you name?" "Leila. It means 'evening,' but I would rather have a morning name. I was at the other party, but I like your party better." "I see. Cup or mug?" "Cup, please. The best china. Gold-rimmed, no flowers. No cracks or chips. It's okay. I don't break things.

A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.

Dennis the Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Arthur: Be quiet! Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

An exquisite dulcet epithalame of most mollificative suadency for juveniles amatory whom the odoriferous flambeaus of the paranymphs have escorted to the quadrupedal proscenium of connubial communion.

Solemnly he came forward and mounted the round gunrest. He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower, the surrounding land and the awaking mountains.