“The image of the Lord has been replaced by a mirror.”

“The image of the journalist as wallflower at the orgy has been replaced by the journalist as the life of the party.”

“The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.”

“I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.”

“Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable.”

“On the first floor near the foot of the stairs, we have placed on the wall an antique mirror so old that it can't reflect anything anymore. Its surface, worn down to nubbled grainy gray stubs, has lost one of its dimensions. like me, its glimmerless. You can't see into it now, just past it. Depth has been replace by texture. The mirror gives back nothing and makes no productive claim upon anyone. The mirror has been so completely worn away that you have to learn to live with what it refuses to do. That's its beauty.”