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#symbolism

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A religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing those conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.


Clifford Geertz


#religion #society #symbolism #symbols #men

White for Shadowhunters is the color of funerals," Luke explained. “ But for mundanes, Jace, it’ s the color of weddings. Brides wear white to symbolize their purity.” “I thought Jocelyn said her dress wasn’t white,” Simon said. “Well,” said Jace, “I suppose that ship has sailed.” Luke choked on his coffee.


Cassandra Clare


#jace-lightwood #luke-garroway #symbolism #city

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism.


David Icke


#celebration #ceremonies #closing #disguised #language

I wanted blood to signify life, not death.


Cheryl Drake Harris


#life #symbolisms #wants #death

I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is good for the country. But the symbolism of it at ground zero, within two blocks or three blocks, I believe is wrong.


Peter King


#blocks #churches #country #god #good

It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a time, tearing it up and chewing on its bones. It's all about SYMBOLISM, says Hairwoman. Every word chosen by Nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break -- these were all done on purpose. To get a decent grade in her class, we have to figure out what he was really trying to say. Why couldn't he just say what he meant? Would they pin scarlet letters on his chest? B for blunt, S for straightforward?


Laurie Halse Anderson


#scarlet-letter #symbolism #poor

From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.


Criss Jami


#artists #human-nature #imperfections #mistakes #perfect

The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.


Ralph Waldo Emerson


#nature #symbolism #nature

There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.


Lascelles Abercrombie


#destiny #epic #experience #general #human

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.


Arthur C. Clarke


#flags #hopeful #symbolism #vacuum #wave






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