Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation! — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Every time I change the way I explain myself to myself, I have to rearrange the story of my life. — 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
