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
romance language fetish
The language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish.
romantic love-is romance
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.
family romance turns
Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.
reality romance realism
The realism of failure, the romance of success.
confused romance mentor
Pedagogical romances leave the mentor disgruntled, the pupil confused.
happiness romance companionship
Not romance but companionship makes the happiness of daily life.
running dancing romance
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
romantic love-is romance
Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
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.