Inconsistency has been overpraised by people who do not expect to suffer from it. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise. — 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
