1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

Children enjoy inflicting pain until unhappiness teaches them tenderness.

Couples who come to understand one another often part.

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.

At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.

Trust, but look for the exits.

Treat unhappiness as a defect and fewer would embrace it.

Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.