The eye cannot take unless at the same time it gives. The eye of the person discloses his own soul when he seeks to uncover that of another. What occurs in this direct mutual glance represents the most perfect reciprocity in the entire field of human relationships.

DEFINE: Framing the mutual glance as the highest form of reciprocity, defining the exchange between eyes as simultaneously giving and taking.

Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order a…, loc. 1196