At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth — 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
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
