1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past.

Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a ring can only be witches; but middle-aged women in colors, square dancing...?

King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us.

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

Some crave grief like strong drink.

Out of power, Marxism can develop critical intelligence; in power, it quickly becomes stupid.

Your vanity and my vanity will never be friends.

I am forbidden sugar, fat, and alcohol. So hooray, I guess, for oatmeal, lemon juice, and chicken soup.