Mason Cooley Quotes
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No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime.
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Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.
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A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings.
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If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.
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Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.
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Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
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Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.
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Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
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The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.
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Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
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Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.
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Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.
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Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
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An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
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Money: power at its most liquid.
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In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
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The time I kill is killing me.
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Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.