#mirror

The best mirror is an old friend. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

#friend #mirror #old #old friend

Propping the mirror against the wall near the door, he waved a hand at it and clipped, "Drustan: Cian MacKeltar. Cian: Drustan MacKeltar." "Dageus," Drustan's voice was soft as velvet, never a good sign, "why are you introducing me to a mirror? ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#dageus #drustan #funny #highlander #karen-marie-moning

I once inscribed the word "Ennui" backwards on my forehead, and I was so bored that I stared at it in the mirror for hours. And at the end of that time, I felt like Sheryl Crow, and I looked like Aleister Crowley. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bored #boredom #ennui #funny #mirror

Real destiny takes everything—the last drop of blood, and strip out your veins to be sure—and gives it back doubled. Quadrupled. A thousand-fold! But you can't give halves. You have to give it all. I know. I swear. I've come back from the dead to speak the truth to you. Real destiny gives you a mountain of life, and puts you on top of it. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#miles-vorkosigan #mirror-dance #life

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#twitter #twitter

Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors ↗

— Alejandra Pizarnik

#lust #mirrors #sex #lust

I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, 'Am I a sex symbol?' Then I go back to bed again. It's stupid to think that way. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#am #ask #back #bed #every

Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse. ↗

— Dee Remy

#dying #ego #exhaustion #image #life

What does a mirror look at? ↗

— Frank Herbert

#dune #frank #herbert #mirror #scifi

Merc: Sometimes I wonder if you just encourage trouble, like by running DELIBERATELY into the blues. Faith: Maybe, it's cute the way they try to catch me. Merc: Yeah, well, I hear the bullet. And you CAN'T outrun those. Faith: But i CAN outthink the brain behind the gun. That's half the battle. Merc: See, occasionally, just occasionally i actually think you listen to me. ↗

— Rhianna Pratchett

#faith