Quote

The beloved is the ultimate fetish.

Mason Cooley

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Fetish
Beloved
Ultimate

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
The Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember.
Mason Cooley
Image
Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake.
Mason Cooley
Image
When I get the point, I often don't know what to do with it.
Mason Cooley
Image
The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street.
Mason Cooley
Image
I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.
Mason Cooley
Image
Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.
Mason Cooley
Image
Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
Mason Cooley
Image
Reclusive? The inner city will secure your privacy better than any desert cave.
Mason Cooley
Image
The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.
Mason Cooley
Image
Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.
Mason Cooley
Image
Machismo makes no provision for preparing lunch, doing the laundry, or minding the baby.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-pity makes people callous.
Mason Cooley
Image
I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.
Mason Cooley
Image
The facts, even the real ones, must be imagined before they can be stated.
Mason Cooley
Image
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
Mason Cooley
Image
As soon as I hear of a right, I want it.
Mason Cooley
Image
Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
Mason Cooley
Image
If there is no harm in asking, why guilt and fear when we do so?
Mason Cooley
Image
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
Mason Cooley
Image
When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap.
Mason Cooley