White skin Quotes by Mason Cooley

Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past.

— Mason Cooley

The modernist writers found despair inspirational.

— Mason Cooley

Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits.

— Mason Cooley

Money comes to life as it is spent.

— Mason Cooley

Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.

— Mason Cooley

Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.

— Mason Cooley

Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.

— Mason Cooley

Experience teaches us, but we scarcely know what.

— Mason Cooley

The body has a mind of its own.

— Mason Cooley

In retirement, I look for days off from my days off. Mason Cooley

— Mason Cooley

My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.

— Mason Cooley

The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

— Mason Cooley