Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Young girls giggle with nervous delight at the erections they inspire. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The young are just as opinionated as the old, but have more exciting things to do than sit around airing their opinions… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The trouble with the young people today is that it is they who are young. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Masturbation is a democratic pleasure, practiced by rich and poor, young and old, married and single. — 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
