1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Romantics consider common sense vulgar.

Enough is ever-receding.

The past is always waiting to entangle and deflect us.

Living too long exacts a painful price.

A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.

In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.

Rule of criticism: only attend to the shape, and the purpose will manifest itself.

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.

Genius knows where the questions are hidden.