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
reality absurd realism
The absolute has moved into the fortress of the absurd.
home reality ordinary
Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.
real facts reality
The facts, even the real ones, must be imagined before they can be stated.
reality garden white
Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden.
reality details guarantees
Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale.
reality romance realism
The realism of failure, the romance of success.
reality way sometimes
Sometimes the only way to become grounded is to hit bottom.
philosophy philosophical reality
When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.
reality paper proof
Documents create a paper reality we call proof.
disappointment reality names
Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.
dream lying reality
The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.
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.