In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Unconditional love is a lofty ideal, but unconditional hate is a fact well documented by history. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
People often are unsure whether or not they are in love, but they generally know whether or not they are having sex. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Alone, I am satisfied with myself. With others, I am beset by troubling comparisons. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Pedagogical romances leave the mentor disgruntled, the pupil confused. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
When love ends, we cry out against destiny. When friendship ends, we cry out against our friend. — 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
