Quotes about mirrors
mirrors shining may
The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it. Miguel de Cervantes
mirrors age faces
I wondered, as I wondered so often when I was that age, who I was, and what exactly was looking at the face in the mirror. If the face I was looking at wasn't me, and I knew it wasn't, because I would still be me whatever happened to my face, then what was me? And what was watching? Neil Gaiman
mirrors darkness use
Stories are in one way or another mirrors. We use them to explain to ourselves how the world works or how it doesn’t work. Like mirrors stories prepare us for the day to come. They distract us from the things in darkness. Neil Gaiman
mirrors inward looks
I wondered how I looked to her, in that place, and knew that even in a place that was nothing but knowledge that was the one thing I could not know. That if I look inward I would see only infinite mirrors staring into myself for eternity. Neil Gaiman
mirrors pigs dragons
Traveling through the Dragon's Den, it has just been explained that Haroun, the Ifrit, has been caught in a mirror trap. Here is the passage that follows: "So," said Silas. "Now there are only three of us." "And a pig," said Kandar [the mummy] "Why?" Asked Miss Lupescu, with a wolf-tongue, through wolf teeth. "Why the Pig?" "It's lucky," said Kandar. Miss Lupescu growled, unconvinced. "Did Haroun have a pig?" asked Kandar, simply. Neil Gaiman
mirrors coraline said
Mirrors,' she said, 'are never to be trusted. Neil Gaiman
mirrors looks example
We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves. Terence
mirrors essence
Mirrors are the essence of movies. Nicolas Roeg
mirrors age trying
That's another thing about being a certain age that I've noticed: I try as much as possible not to look in the mirror. Nora Ephron
mirrors faces blame
Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty. Nikolai Gogol
mirrors strange wonderful
The strangest part of being so well known is definitely getting a New Yorker profile. It's a wonderful, strange process, like seeing yourself through a distorting mirror. Neil Gaiman
mirrors looks succeed
To succeed in life requires a total inability to do anything that makes you uncomfortable when you look at yourself in the mirror. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
mirrors letters rooms
If you must reread old love letters, better pick a room without mirrors. Mignon McLaughlin
mirrors hypocrisy childhood
Throughout our lives, we see in the mirror the same innocent trusting face we have seen there since childhood. Mignon McLaughlin
mirrors outcomes looks
When it's over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best you were capable of? If yes, you will probably be ok with the outcome John Wooden
mirrors views people
I can lip read, so I know what other people are saying about me - especially when I clock them in my rear view mirror... Max Beesley
mirrors looking-in-the-mirror
I avoid looking in the mirror. Marina Warner
mirrors trying aliens
I shop online because I don't like to try things on in front of an alien mirror. Marina Warner
mirrors faces hard
It's hard to see your own face without a mirror Phil McGraw
mirrors gone should
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction. Max Roach
mirrors giving shining
I'm just a journalist. I shine a mirror to the culture. I give the cop-out answer. Mark Leibovich
mirrors soul faces
Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back. Mason Cooley
mirrors tongue sticking-out
Something is sticking out its tongue at me from the corner of my mirror. Mason Cooley
mirrors sorrow looks
When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows. Mason Cooley
mirrors trying literature
Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem. Mason Cooley
mirrors imagination desire
Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it. Mason Cooley
mirrors kind wealth
Wealth acts merely as a kind of mirror to show you human nature at its worst. Marie Corelli
mirrors looks earth
Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?” “It's purely a defensive device. We seldom quarrel, and this is one of the reasons. Can you imagine yourself getting all worked up and contorted and illogical and then coming face to face with yourself, looking at yourself exactly as you look to everyone else? Theodore Sturgeon
mirrors long age
I remember the day I turned thirty. I was getting out of the shower and I stood in front of the mirror and stared at myself for a long time. I examined every inch of my body and appreciated the fact that I finally looked like a grown woman. I also assumed that this was how I was going to look for the rest of my life. The way I saw it, I was never going to age; I'd just look up one day and be old. Terry McMillan
mirrors fishing imagination
... some veil between childhood and the present is necessary. If the veil is withdrawn, the artistic imagination sickens and dies, the prophet looks in the mirror with a disillusioned and cynical sneer, the scientist goes fishing. Margaret Mead
mirrors novel walking
A novel is a mirror walking down a road Michael Ondaatje
mirrors hair looks
I can't bear looking in the mirror - I guess that's why my hair looks like this. Lance Bass
mirrors ugly faces
Every time I stand in front of mirror, I found my face too ugly, so I thought I have to get the role in some movies which cover my face with make up. Johnny Depp