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 winning world
In even the happiest love story, the World wins at last.
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.
real around-the-corner corners
The real reality is always just around the corner.
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.
success failure stills
Small successes are still successes; great failures are still failures.
success failure easier
Failures are easier to repeat than successes.
success failure wretchedness
The wretchedness of failure is the great attraction of success.
death surface beneath-the-surface
Death is always there, just beneath the surface.
death ifs around-the-corner
Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.