1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Our detachments move us toward freedom and death.

The man in the street is always a stranger.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.

As desire recedes, the world becomes clear, pale, and empty.

Fruitless striving breeds less despair than inaction.

My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.

The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.

In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.