True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The Media: bold sex and violence, timid politics and morals. — Mason Cooley Character Copy Share Image
Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange. — Mason Cooley Body Copy Share Image
The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
For the purpose of knowledge, one must know how to use that inner current that draws us to a thing, and then… — Mason Cooley Knowledge Copy Share Image
Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it. — Mason Cooley Physics Copy Share Image
A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming. — Mason Cooley Beloved Copy Share Image
Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. — Mason Cooley Books Copy Share Image
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little. — Mason Cooley Comedy Copy Share Image
“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.” — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Stutters and snorts are meaningful but not usually referential. — Mason Cooley Meaningful Copy Share Image
Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface. — Mason Cooley Comedy Copy Share Image
Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The great advantage of a new friend is that we have not yet found one another out. — Mason Cooley Advantage Copy Share Image
Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise. — Mason Cooley Bravery Copy Share Image
To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure. — Mason Cooley Character Copy Share Image
Theory can leave questions unanswered, but practice has to come up with something. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My regimen is lust and avarice for exercise, gluttony and sloth for relaxation. — Mason Cooley Avarice Copy Share Image
