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
nonsense charm
The nonsense that charms is close to sense.
dark daylight lovers
Lovers remain in the dark, working hard to keep out daylight.
change ducks risk
Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.
firsts sin slips
Original sin reassures us that our slip was not the first.
cities taste fastidious
A fastidious taste is best indoors, away from nature and the city.
witty father embarrassed
My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.
guilt wicked thrill
Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.
loss paradise sentimental
No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise.
garden snakes paradise
Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.
feelings dogma sentiments
Under attack, sentiments harden into dogma.
feelings literature sentiments
Outside literature, high-flown sentiments are merely exasperating.
feelings body my-love-for-you
Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange.
feelings asking fifth-amendment
If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.
heart feelings tears
Fearful of sentimentality, I disown my tears and melting heart.