General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I read here and there in books, enjoying the examples and ignoring the argument. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown… — 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
