Quotes of: Smoke-and-mirrors Keyword

Never trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them.

Greylands

But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality.

Black Beast

Out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not yet dawned, shining the pale light of tomorrow on the yard and on the paper birches.

Breathless

I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while.

Jello Biafra

No reprimand in the mirror Slow walk to Liberia Slow dance across the Sahara Slow unraveling of gray matter

23 Locked Doors

I just recently figured out how mirrors work. Pretty cool. That guy always hungrily staring at my naked body was me!

$3.33

Time is like a barber, it shears you first and then shows you your own face in the mirror. (Marrying Nusrat)

Another Man's Wife and Other Stories

I want to look into a mirror that will love my own reflection harder than I hate myself.

Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches

The moon is too old, the flower is too old;even the sunset is not enough. The only relevant metaphor for you is your mirror image.

I Love You Too

Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.

Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

I have done so many things in my life," she said to the mirror. "Evil things, perhaps. But never unattentively, never wastefully...was I wrong?

Justine

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

Killosophy

Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.

Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.

Spoon River Anthology

Staring into the mirror, I was surprised to see a haunted look in my brown eyes. There was pain there, pain and loss that even the nicest dress and makeup couldn't hide.

Spirit Bound

I considered sex work, but then I bent over and looked at my asshole in a mirror. Nobody was going to pay me for access to that thing.

Skullcrack City

To every soul you encounter, be a mirror, which reflects only their beauty.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Mirrors have three purposes. To show you who you are. To show you who you were. And to show you who you want to be.

Single Dad Laughing

Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Tread lightly on your partner’s heart. It was given to you for safekeeping.

Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Returning to where It used to see blossoms, My mind, changed, Will stay on at Yoshino... Home now, and see anew.

Mirror For The Moon: A Selection Of Poems