Mason Cooley Quotes
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Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
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A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.
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Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
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The time I kill is killing me.
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Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.
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Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
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My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
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The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
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Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
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The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
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If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined.
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Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.
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Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.
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People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
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Documents create a paper reality we call proof.
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There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
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Self-reform is the only kind that works.
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Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.
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A blocked path also offers guidance.
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The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.