“My parents found tradition and ritual very important, because they were both brought up that way and found comfort in it. They thought it was important for children to be kept on a schedule. You went home for the holidays, you went to mass on Sunday - no ifs, ands, or buts. That was ingrained in me from a very young age, and I think that's informed who I am in so many aspects of my life. I crave stability and a schedule and the security that comes along with it.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenImportantHomeAgeYoungFoundParentSecurityComfortMassAspectTraditionWho I AmHolidaySundayRitualStabilitySchedulesCraveYoung AgeHome For The Holidays Author:Chloe Sevigny
“The camel carries on his dreary circular task with his usual slow and pompous step and head poised superciliously, as if it were a ritual affair above the comprehension of the vulgar; and no doubt he comforts himself for the dullness of life by a sense of virtue, like many other formalists beside him.” IfsStepsVirtueDoubtComfortTasksAffairNo DoubtCarrieRitualUsualVulgarComprehensionDrearyCamelsPompousDullness Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections
“To me, I like and understand ritual and I think it is important. Things that we do that give us comfort are important. Like Christmas, I like to go into a church and hear the carols sung. There's a comfort of actually going inside of a church, I find them serene. They're unchanging.” ThinkingGivingImportantChurchComfortImportant ThingsRitualSereneUnchangingCarols Author:Steve Coogan
“It's good to do things that are out of the norm. I'm a creature of habit and I like to stay in my own little comfort zone, but you have to reach out of that sometimes. And when you do that, you grow. And growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day. And that's one of the things that I say to myself as far as a ritual that I have every day: "What can I do today to make it better than it was yesterday?"” WantNeedsLittlesSometimesTodayGrowsGrowthMy OwnHabitComfortCreaturesStriveYesterdayGet BetterEach DayZoneRitualReach OutComfort ZoneNormCreatures Of Habit Author:LaToya Jackson
“I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.” LoveFunCreativityComfortFishesCooksMeatRitualVegetablesPotatoesRiceComfort Food Author:Reese Witherspoon
“This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting faces together in a ritual of affection, briefly settled in the eternal necessities of warmth, comfort, safety, crossing limbs to draw nearer - a simple daily consolation, almost too obvious, easy to forget by daylight.” TogetherFacesFallEasySimpleForgetDarknessComfortCreaturesEternalDrawsSafetyAffectionObviousCyclesRitualWarmthWakingPaleConsolationLimbsCommonplaceCrossingsDaylightMammalsFalling Asleep Author:Ian Mcewan