I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Rule of science: only exclude purpose, and Nature will reveal her causes. — 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
