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
anger sorrow doe
All anger feels like righteous anger; sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not.
moving cooking furniture
Living alone is good for privacy, bad for full-scale cooking and moving heavy furniture.
satisfied comparison
Alone, I am satisfied with myself. With others, I am beset by troubling comparisons.
lonely people company
Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue.
laughter sometimes carefree
The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
struggle taste enjoyment
Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
happiness waiting reason
Do not wait for a reason to be happy.
retirement return youth
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth
retirement symptoms retiring
In retirement, only money and symptoms are consequential.
retirement looks days-off
Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off.
retirement want switching
At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy.
friendship sex funny-friend
Friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex minus reason
art fun lying
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
depression thinking form
I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth.