Day of Atonement

Famous quotes containing the words day of, day and/or atonement:

    “The second day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Two turtle doves,”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 4–6)

    “I’ve finally figured out why soap operas are, and logically should be, so popular with generations of housebound women. They are the only place in our culture where grown-up men take seriously all the things that grown-up women have to deal with all day long.”
    —Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)

    “What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)