The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Children enjoy inflicting pain until unhappiness teaches them tenderness. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share
