The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
All anger feels like righteous anger; sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong. — 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
