As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble. — 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
