Quote

Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?

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
Love
Thinking
Lovers
Talking
Writing

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
Mason Cooley
Image
Show enough regret, and your refusal will inspire gratitude.
Mason Cooley
Image
I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.
Mason Cooley
Image
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
Mason Cooley
Image
Age must give way to youth, no doubt. But not yet, not yet.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-analysis always cheats.
Mason Cooley
Image
We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way.
Mason Cooley
Image
The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.
Mason Cooley
Image
A dirty mind is a rich inner resource.
Mason Cooley
Image
Sign at the orgy: BODIES ONLY.
Mason Cooley
Image
In conversation, everyone sits in confident judgment on the world.
Mason Cooley
Image
We take refuge in illness and then are trapped there.
Mason Cooley
Image
Supermarkets depict abundance boutiques exclusiveness roadside stands authenticity.
Mason Cooley
Image
Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.
Mason Cooley
Image
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
Mason Cooley
Image
Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-reform is the only kind that works.
Mason Cooley
Image
My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.
Mason Cooley
Image
Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.
Mason Cooley