Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story:… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The psychiatrist's office: the only place I can be sure my story will be treated as sad, but interesting. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Every time I change the way I explain myself to myself, I have to rearrange the story of my life. — 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
