Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
By Mason Cooley
I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.
By Mason Cooley
I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
By Mason Cooley
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
By Mason Cooley
I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
By Mason Cooley
I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.
By Mason Cooley
I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
By Mason Cooley
I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
By Mason Cooley
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.
By Mason Cooley
Hatred observes with more care than love does.
By Mason Cooley
Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
By Mason Cooley
Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.
By Mason Cooley
General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.
By Mason Cooley
Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
By Mason Cooley
Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.
By Mason Cooley
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
By Mason Cooley
For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.
By Mason Cooley
First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.
By Mason Cooley
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?
By Mason Cooley
Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs.
By Mason Cooley
Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
By Mason Cooley
Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
By Mason Cooley
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
By Mason Cooley
Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
By Mason Cooley
Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.
By Mason Cooley
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
By Mason Cooley
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
By Mason Cooley
