The horrifying sound of breaking glass, and a thunderous tirade of splintering pieces hitting the floor, stunned them all. Tobin spun around in shock. The massive Travelling Mirror, through which Tobin and Murphy had so recently arrived, shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces, cascading down the wall, and onto the floor in an enormous pile of jagged edges. The hall was still as everyone stared at the shattered mirror in shocked silence. “Oh dear. Oh dear, dear, dear, ” whispered Elbert. R.S. MollisonRead
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In this quote from The Magicians by Lev Grossman, the breaking of the mirror is a symbolic representation of the shattering of a world that was once whole and safe. In the beginning, there was a mirror that allowed one to see all around them. However, in a twist of fate, everybody had to leave their world behind and start anew in another place. In the end, however, even without a mirror to see everything, there still existed a sense of safety. There was still a sense of being surrounded by beauty and wonder.

Source: Magicians Mayhem

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