My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Dreams are distorted representations of desire. So are dream- analyses. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature. — 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
