Liminality/rites of Passage

Famous quotes containing the words rites and/or passage:

“According to his virtue let us use him,
With all respect and rites of burial.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“O harmless Death! whom still the valiant brave,
The wise expect, the sorrowful invite,
And all the good embrace, who know the grave
A short dark passage to eternal light.”
—Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)