Mirror of Eris

Eloy 2021-10-19 09:48:39

I just revisited "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" again, and I really like the part of the magic mirror.

Harry discovered the magic mirror of Eris by accident and saw his dreaming parents in the mirror, so he sat alone in front of the mirror and waited every day, hoping to meet his parents again.

At this time, Professor Albus Dumbledore told him:
Only the happiest person in the world can see the true self in the mirror, and what the mirror reflects is what we desire most in our hearts. But mirrors cannot provide us with real knowledge or truth. Human beings always spend their time in mirrors, and even go crazy because of it. People can't live in dreams, don't give up life by relying on dreams.

Sometimes I think, if the Mirror of Eris really exists, will we be tempted to look for it?
I think I will, because I really want to see what I desire most in my heart, even the kind of desire that I don't even know. . .

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone quotes

  • Ron: [Harry and Ron arrive late to Transfiguration, relieved that Professor McGonagall isn't there yet] Whew, made it. Can you imagine the look on old McGonagall's face if we were late?

    [the cat sitting at the head of the class suddenly transforms into her]

    Ron: That was bloody brilliant!

    Professor McGonagall: Well, thank you for that assessment, Mr Weasley. Perhaps it would be more useful if I were to transfigure Mr Potter and yourself into a pocket watch? That way, one of you might be on time.

    Harry: We got lost.

    Professor McGonagall: Then perhaps a map? I trust you don't need one to find your seats.

  • Ron: What do they think they're doing, keeping a thing like that locked up in a school?

    Hermione: You don't use your eyes, do you? Didn't you see what it was standing on?

    Ron: I wasn't looking at its feet! I was a bit preoccupied with its heads... or maybe you didn't notice? There were three!