Mason Cooley Quotes
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No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime.
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To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
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The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort.
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I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.
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Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
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Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs.
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While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote.
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Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
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Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
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In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.
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Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.
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If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.
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My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
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Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.
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Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
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Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
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First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.