The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story:… — Mason Cooley Ancient Copy Share Image
I read here and there in books, enjoying the examples and ignoring the argument. — Mason Cooley Argument 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 Exciting Copy Share Image
Respectability is joining chastity in the museum of dead issues. — Mason Cooley Chastity Copy Share Image
Great talkers do not stop for breath, and never look at the clock. — Mason Cooley Breaths Copy Share Image
After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success. — Mason Cooley Failure Copy Share Image
Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes. — Mason Cooley Comfort Copy Share Image
A small boy puts his hand on the wall, and looks down intently as he wriggles his toes. The birth of thought? — Mason Cooley Birth Copy Share Image
When a paradox is widely believed, it is no longer recognized as a paradox. — Mason Cooley Funny Copy Share Image
When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole. — Mason Cooley Beloved Copy Share Image
Excrement can never be culturally elaborated to the extent that nutriment can. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book. — Mason Cooley Book Copy Share Image
I have a special grudge against those who have the same faults as I do. — Mason Cooley Faults Copy Share Image
