Somehow the body keeps life going despite the ravaging negations of the mind. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My mind no longer has romantic abysses, but has become shallow, with many little gaps and cracks. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the… — 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
