Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
A small boy puts his hand on the wall, and looks down intently as he wriggles his toes. The birth of thought? — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The closeups of pornography make human genitals look like undiscovered prehistoric animals. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
In new situations, I look carefully at appearances. In familiar ones, I glance. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love. — 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
