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As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Cold
Criss
Cities
Hurrying
Feel
Pavement
Feels
Unchanging
Always
Beneath
Cross
Crosses
City

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