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
thinking long literature
If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.
sex literature care
I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.
people may belief
Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.
enemy literature sometimes
Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.
office literature weak
Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.
immaturity literature defects
For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.
ghetto roots faithful
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'
mean acceptance silence
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.
people promise magic
Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.
labyrinth ears detours
In the labyrinth of a difficult text, we find unmarked forks in the path, detours, blind alleys, loops that deliver us back to our point of entry, and finally the monster who whispers an unintelligible truth in our ears.
sex someday form
Orgies are an early form of what will someday become sex by committee.
waiting deconstruction betray
Deconstruction: peering suspiciously at the text, I wait for it to make a slip and betray itself.
doctrine theory
Every doctrine has a theory of the beginning.
rose curiosity rising
Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope.