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
confusion mastery unhappiness
The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.
joy wish unhappiness
I wish you joy of your unhappiness, since you cling to it so.
unhappy unhappiness prisoner
The unhappy are prisoners of a single round of thought.
pain children unhappiness
Children enjoy inflicting pain until unhappiness teaches them tenderness.
unhappiness embrace treats
Treat unhappiness as a defect and fewer would embrace it.
writing sorrow unhappiness
Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.
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.
modern paint depiction
Modern pictures banish depiction for interfering with the workings of paint.
freedom lateness late
Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.