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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Literature
Fictional
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Unlike
Actual

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Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
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As soon as I hear of a right, I want it.
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At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.
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Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.
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Moderation in all things is best, but it's pretty hard to get excited about it.
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The truth usually has a slightly ugly look.
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Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
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The wretchedness of failure is the great attraction of success.
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The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.
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Later is always my first choice.
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Cruel impulses stir all about my kindly heart.
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I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
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Sexual attraction makes the strangest bedfellows of all.
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The suburbs: signs of life, but no proofs.
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Lack of reciprocity ruins friendships, but makes love affairs exciting for a time.
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Life is used up all the same, whether we save, spend, or waste it.
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Rule of art: let half-blind purpose lead you.
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Every representation, even of an orgy, is a sublimation.
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I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.
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Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.
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