Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Travelling carries me to the surface, away from the deeps of home-thoughts. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.' — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the… — 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
