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Home again, I can groan, scratch, and talk to myself.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.
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I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
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Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.
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A sheep who goes looking for a wolf is sure to find one.
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The best propaganda omits rather than invents
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Death is hacking away at my address book and party lists.
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Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.
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Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.
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