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
guilty ifs
If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.
self guilt self-pity
Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.
thinking guilt matter
Many think that assigning blame settles matters.
guilt shame form
Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.
guilt trifles habitual
Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.
fear asking-why guilt
If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?
guilt wicked thrill
Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.
guilty intimacy separateness
The intimacy of love absolves us of our guilty separateness.
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.