American - Writer | 1927 - 2002
Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
Mason Cooley
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I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
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Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.
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To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
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If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.
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If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.
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In psychoanalysis, only the fee is exactly what it seems to be.
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The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
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Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.
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A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.
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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
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Malice is always authentic and sincere.
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