I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
Joseph CampbellIf you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times.
Joseph CampbellModern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for the world, as we know it, as we have seen it, yields but one ending: death, disintegration, dismemberment, and the crucifixion of our heart with the passing of the forms that we have loved.
Joseph Campbell