The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story:… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Adrenalin dispels boredom. Run, you sufferers from ennui! Run for your lives! — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
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 Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image