The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds. — 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
Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely remember the people or the issues. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
An old man drinks tea and reads the newspaper--forgetting age for a moment. — 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
