The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth. — 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
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
F. Scott Fitzgerald thought that prolonging his adolescence would protect his talent. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay. — 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
