Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
When you feel protective toward your parents, you have become an adult. — 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
