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I trust you because I need you.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Need
Needs
Trust

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Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation.
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The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
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Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake.
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Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange.
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Enough is ever-receding.
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To be fulfilled, a prophecy needs lots of flexibility.
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A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.
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The transcendental promises a vacation from history.
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Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.
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The passion for money is never fickle.
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A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
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Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?
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Everyone makes sexy sounds relatively few, sexy sights.
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A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.
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Disillusionment is not truth.
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Alone, I am drunk on my thoughts in company, I am sober again.
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The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.
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