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
death goal construction
Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.
death surface beneath-the-surface
Death is always there, just beneath the surface.
death ifs around-the-corner
Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.
friends death book
Death is hacking away at my address book and party lists.
death dying rescue
Only death rescues us from dying.
death promise oblivion
Death promises nothing--not even oblivion.
death right-time dies
The right time to die is never exactly now.
death fall tragedy
When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.
I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
nice literature hobbies
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
im-sorry sorry mistrust
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
art avant-garde care
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.
stories literature insult
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
beginning-middle-and-end abandoned ends
The beginning, middle, and end are parodied, reversed, and hidden by modernism, but not abandoned.