1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.

The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.

Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.

Forget what hurt you but never forget what it thaught you.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.

Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.

Something is sticking out its tongue at me from the corner of my mirror.

I resist change even as I call for it.