Day of Atonement

Famous quotes containing the words day and/or atonement:

    There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
    Roland Barthes (1915–1980)

    How much atonement is enough? The bombing must be allowed as at least part-payment: those of our young people who are concerned about the moral problem posed by the Allied air offensive should at least consider the moral problem that would have been posed if the German civilian population had not suffered at all.
    Clive James (b. 1939)