Quotes by Mirrors Then again, Solomon was human. And that meant he was flawed (Go on, take a look at yourself in the mirror. A good long look, if you can bear it. See? Flawed's putting it mildly, isn't it?) Jonathan Stroud mirrorslonglooks The Falklands held a mirror up to our own islands, and it reflected, in brilliantly sharp focus, all our injured belittlement, our sense of being beleaguered, neglected and misunderstood. Jonathan Raban focusmirrorsislands One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror. Jonathan Stroud samarkandmagicianmirrors There was a loud cough from the man on the stand. I replaced My Magic Mirror carefully on his tray, gave him a cheesy smile, and went my way. Jonathan Stroud cheesymirrorsmen Apologies aren't something you want to get in the habit of practicing in the mirror Jonathan Lethem apologymirrorswant That doesn't sound like my Margo", she said, and I thought of my Margo, and all of us looking at her reflection in different funhouse mirrors. John Green mirrorsreflectionsound I like what I see in the mirror. I liked what I saw in the mirror before. It just didn't work in a bikini. And now it does. So I'm excited! Jordin Sparks sawsmirrorsdoe 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 outcomesmirrorslooks I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me. Jorge Luis Borges sawsmirrorsearth I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection. Jorge Luis Borges self-improvementmirrorsreflection Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world. Josef Skvorecky bruisesmirrorsartist The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it. Jorge Luis Borges errorsmirrorsearth The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it. Jorge Luis Borges illusionfatherhoodmirrors We are our memory, we are that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirrors. Jorge Luis Borges mirrorsmemoriesmuseums We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves. Joseph Epstein gazingmirrorsbook You need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, "Hey, there's something wrong with this mirror." Jon Stewart mirrorslongthinking A large part of how an actor works and their process is the stimulation of what's around you, and none more so than in a period piece. This is a modern piece, as much as it is set in a different time, age and myth. If it wasn't relevant, it wouldn't have been made and we wouldn't be putting our energy into it. It's relevant for us today because, in some ways, it throws up a mirror to all of us. As an actor, you get stimulus and you're effected by that, whether it's costumes or funny beards or castles. Joseph Fiennes castlesmirrorsage Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms. Guided by the former, art turns into a copy of the environment's objectivity or the individual's psychic history. Guided by the latter, art is redeemed, makes the world into its instrument, and forges, beyond spatial and temporal prisons, a personal vision. Jorge Luis Borges objectivitymirrorsart She avoids mirrors, and lifts a powerful telescope to find herself. Jonathan Safran Foer telescopespowerfulmirrors With the passing of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the colour of blood and in the salt of tears, and, as if that were not enough, we made our eyes into a kind of mirror turned inwards, with the result that they often show without reserve what we are verbally trying to deny. Jose Saramago mirrorseyeblood«4546474849505152535455»
