As the tenor roars his passion, I think sadly of my spreading middle, and his. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die. — 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