Mirror Quotes: I know when one is dead, and when one lives; She's dead as earth. Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. - King Lear, Act 5 Scene 3. --- To hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature. - Hamlet, Act 3, sc. 2. --- So in the simple blessing of a rainbow, In the bevelled edge of a sunlit mirror, I have seen visible, Death's artifact Like a solder's ribbon on a tunic tacked. - Dannie Abse, 'Pathology of Colours', 1968 --- Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en vet pas voir Doit sen tenir tout seul, et casser son miroir, "The world is full of fools, and he who would see none should live alone and smash his mirror." - adaptation from an original form attributed to Claude Le Petit (1640-65) in Discours satiriques --- The mind of the perfect man is like a mirror. It does not lean forward or backwards in its respose to things. It responds to things but conceals nothing of its own. Therefore it is able to deal with things without injury to [its reality]. - Chuang Tzu ch. 7 --- There is no Bodhi-tree, Nor stand of mirror bright. Since all is void, Where can the dust alight? - Hui-neng, Platform Scripture ch. 1 --- And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time's deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew. - Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humor (1600) Induction --- Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror cracked from side to side; 'The curse is come upon me,' cried The Lady of Shalott. - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 'The Lady of Shalott', pt. 3 --- Whatever light swayed on the perilous gate Forever sways, nor will the arching grass, Caught when the world clattered, undulate In the deep suspension of the looking-glass. - Allen Tate, 'Last Days of Alice' --- Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; wether there be tounges, they shall cease; wether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. - 1 Corinthians 13:8-12 King James Version (KJV) --- Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. - 1 Corinthians 13:8-12 New International Version (NIV) --- I reached inside myself and found Nothing there to ease the Pressure of my ever worrying mind All my powers waste away I fear the crazed and lonely Looks the mirror's sending me these days -- "The Sun Always Shines On T.V" / a-ha / _Headlines and Deadlines The Hits of a-ha_ --- You're travel-worn Standing here in the town Where you were born It's not your home The mirror sees you So alone ...Cold as stone Yeah -- "Cold As Stone" / a-ha / _Memorial Beach_ --- I feel I've got the beast inside I'm screaming for help from this monster within The beast inside - take a look in the mirror - it's staring at you Even at you - the beast inside -- "The Beast Inside" / Accept / _Death Row_ --- Now eyes burn circles in the dark And when the mirror talks to me I listen with my heart Kind of common cry Kind of common living lie You know the shape my breath will take before I let it out Stand like you did when I was beauty-marked in your eyes -- "Now They'll Sleep" / Belly / _King_ --- You say you don't like the things I've done You say you don't like what I've become When you look into the mirror, tell me what you see When you see yourself then you'll see me -- "Best One Yet" / Black Flag / _Loose Nut_ --- It's time for me to deal Becoming all too real living in fear,-- Why did you lie and pretend? This has come to an end I'll never trust you again It's time you made your amends Look in the mirror my friend -- "The Mirror" / Dream Theater / _Awake_ --- In the cold mirror of a glass I see my reflection pass I see the dark shades of what I used to be I see the purple of her eyes The scarlet of my lies Love rescue me -- "Love Rescue Me" / Bob Dylan / _Down In The Groove_ --- follow a faint reflecting light to the core of all consciousness that mirrors what is not in sight or lost somewhere in carelessness thought in it's purest form, focused here's reborn leading to higher spheres of soul, heart, and mind the darkest part of man's unveiled and brought to sight relentlessly a balance between win and fail, an even scale of honesty thought in it's purest form, focused here's reborn leading to higher spheres of soul, heart, and mind caught in a whirl of life laid bare set free of envy and hate insight I've gained I've climbed the stairs up to the mirrors of fate the deepedt source of soul and mind's portrayed and put into light no more remorse glorious truth -- "Magic Mirrors" / Eloy / _Time To Turn_ --- Look into the mirror of your soul Love and hate are one in all Sacrifice turns to revenge and believe me You'll see the face who'll say: I love you ... I'll kill you ... But I'll love you forever -- "I Love You ... I'll Kill You" / Enigma / _The Cross Of Changes_ --- When I look in the mirror All that I see A zoo animal that wants to be free Just get away, get away from me 'Cause I'll never be who you want me to be No -- "Animal" / Front 242 / _05:22:09:12 OFF_ --- Did you ever look in the mirror And see a stranger standing there Did you ever drive for miles and miles And wonder how on earth you got yourself there -- "The Lights Are Low" / Justin Howard / _Moving Mountains_ --- Let me drink deeply from the water and the wine Light coloured candles in dark dreary mines Look in the mirror and stare at myself And wonder if that's really me on the shelf -- "This Song Has No Title" / Elton John / _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ --- I see a face that face is mine The mirror marks the changing time Her face I'll never see again And mine will never be the same That face was fine only yesterday My problems seemed so far away -- "That Face" / Madness / _The Rise And Fall_ --- And the face I see before me Is both sides of a mirror You really know you've got a hold on me And the face you're looking into Is both sides of a window And any way you look you see through me -- "You Don't Believe" / The Alan Parsons Project / _Ammonia Avenue_ --- Where would you rather be? Anywhere but here When will the time be right? Anytime but now On the edge of sleep, I was drifting for half the night Anxious and restless pressed down by the darkness Bound up and wound up so tight So many decisions, a million revisions Caught between darkness and light... Wilderness of mirrors World of polished steel Gears and iron chains Turn the grinding wheel I run between the shadows Some are phantoms, some are real Where would you rather be? Anywhere but here When will the time be right? Anytime but now The doubt and the fear I know would all disappear Anywhere but here On the edge of sleep, I heard voices behind the door The known and the nameless familiar and faceless My angels and my demons at war Which one will lose--depends on what I choose Or maybe which voice I ignore... Wilderness of mirrors Streets of cold desire My precious sense of honor Just a shield of rusty wire I hold against the chaos-- Amd the cross of holy fire Wilderness of mirrors So easy to deceive My precious sense of rightness Is sometimes so naive So that which I imagine Is that which I believe On the edge of sleep, I awoke to a sun so bright Rested and fearless, cheered by your nearness I knew which direction was right The case had been tried by the jury inside The choice between darkness and light... -- "Double Agent" / Rush / _Counterparts_ --- Girl before the mirror Appraises her disguise Child become a mother Tries to fix her eyes No more of his excuses It has to be today She can keep her fantasy If she can get away Paint her name on a one-way street Painted cheeks with angry heat Wounded pride on painted eyes Paint the night with battlecries All puffed up with vanity We see what we want to see To the beautiful and the wise The mirror always lies Boy before the mirror Checks his camouflage Polishes his armor And the charger in the garage No more lame excuses It has to be tonight He can take the princess If he can take the fight Pound the drums with martial beat Pound the streets with marching feet Wounded pride, distorted eyes Paint the night with battlecries All puffed up with vanity We see what we want to see To the powerful and the wise The mirror always lies Boys and girls together Mistake conceit for pride Girls and boys together See what it is we lack Boys and girls together Let's paint the mirror black Paint it black -- "War Paint" / Rush / _Presto_ --- The mirror on my wall Casts an image dark and small But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection. I am blinded by the light Of God and truth and right And I wander in the night without direction. -- "Flowers Never Bend Before The Rainfall" / Simon and Garfinkel / _Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme_ --- Mirror, mirror on the wall The face you show me scares me so Thought that I could call your bluff But now the lines are clear enough Life's not pretty even though I try so hard to make it so Mornings are such cold distress How did I ever get into this mess -- "Snowblind" / Styx / _Paradise Theatre_ --- In my prison cell I think these words I was careless I can see that now I must be silent Must contain my secret smile I want to tell you You my mirror You my iron bars When I made a shadow on my window shade They called the police and testified But they're like the people chained up in a cave In the allegory of the people in the cave By the Greek guy Noe one understands No one knows my plan Why the dancing, shouting Why the shrieks of pain The lovely music Why the smell of burning autumn leaves In my prison cell I bide my time Always thinking Always busy cooking up an angle Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle Sketching out the burning autumn leaves No one understands No one knows my plan I must be silent, must contain my secret smile I want to tell you You my mirror You my iron bars No one understands No one knows my plan -- "No One Knows My Plan" / They Might Be Giants / _John Henry_ --- I look into the mirror I see no happiness All the warmth I gave you Has turned to emptiness The love we had has fallen The love we used to share You've left me here believing In love that wasn't there -- "Changes" / Yes / _90125_ ---