His work, though often rooted in the culture of the moment, has a transcendent quality that is rare in contemporary fiction.

When the characters are moved into these states, the music has a very distinct, transcendent and dreamlike quality.

That lent the book both a unity and a transcendent quality that was missing from its more prosaic successors.

A world which produces a literature that, at its best, celebrates essential and transcendent human qualities.

The transcendent quality of close friendship compels him most.

Both religions agree that God shares both transcendent and immanent qualities.

However, his best work is known for its transcendent qualities, starting at the documentary level yet open to interpretation on an aesthetic level.

A. When I talk about spirituality, I'm referring to a transcendent quality that is very different than our notion of time and space.

But in an exhibition where so much is of transcendent quality, they break the spell.

Some degree of active attention appears to be required from the listener, some transcendent quality from the music or performance.