Mason Cooley
Mason Cooley
Mason Cooleywas an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
regret self painful
Most self-laceration is more noisy than painful.
regret apologizing blame
I regret. I apologize. I blame myself. I continue as before.
regret past doe
Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.
expectations uncanny feels
When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened.
guilty intimacy separateness
The intimacy of love absolves us of our guilty separateness.
fall patterns narrative
The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.
past avant-garde stranded
The avant-garde is now stranded in the past.
mind littles gaps
My mind no longer has romantic abysses, but has become shallow, with many little gaps and cracks.
heart mind way
The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.
garden mind delight
Full of troubles, the mind is still the only Garden of Delight.
life blame praise
Life just keeps unfolding, ignoring our praise or blame.
life risk life-is
Life is the risk we cannot refuse.
life goldfish needs
A goldfish is reason enough for living, if someone needs a reason.
life
I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it.