A Quote by E. M. Broner

One needs the invented, the spontaneous, the impromptu for ritual. Skepticism, that grain of salt, is inappropriate.

E. M. Broner

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Grain Grain Of Salt Impromptu Inappropriate Invented Needs Ritual Salt Skepticism Spontaneous

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E. M. Broner
American - Author
July 8, 1927 - June 21, 2011

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