Ed Hoffstatter

“No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Seeing all the kids pick out different books brings a smile to her face.”
― Coco Calvoz Cordon, Debbie Wants No Words

“As these anecdotes illustrate, ritual refers to two kinds of acts: those things we do for the first time that, in fact, have been done by the human race again and again forever—and those patterns that we ourselves repeat again and again because they bring structure and meaning to our individual and collective lives.”
― Robert Fulghum, From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives