Mason Cooley Quotes (220 Quotes)

Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.

Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.

Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.

Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.

My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.

The beloved is the ultimate fetish.

If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back.

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.

Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.

When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.

Moo may represent an idea, but only the cow knows.

The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Hatred observes with more care than love does.

Documents create a paper reality we call proof.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.

My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred.

While there's life, there's fear.

Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs.

Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.

First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.

Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.

The only peace is being out of earshot.

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.

In every death, a busy world comes to an end.

Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.

Romantics consider common sense vulgar.

Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.

Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.

Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.