1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.

Sleepy-head is no longer aroused by tragic imaginings.

No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise.

Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.

Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.

Under attack, sentiments harden into dogma.

When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.

Outside literature, high-flown sentiments are merely exasperating.

An ardent lover often makes a cold friend.