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
book modernism hard
Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.
book lessons teach
Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.
book reading past
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
book reading dieting
I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.
book meaningless
Unlike life, when books become meaningless, they are making a point.
book people conscious
Good books do not make people wiser or happier--only more conscious.
book way mines
I was once in love with books. Now they go their way and I go mine.
friends death book
Death is hacking away at my address book and party lists.
reading book causes
Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.
book reading avid
Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books.
book reading here-and-there
I read here and there in books, enjoying the examples and ignoring the argument.
book literature make-me-happy
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
book character literature
Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.
book desire literature
My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.