Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue. — 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
