American - Writer | 1927 - 2002
Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
Mason Cooley
TimeConsciousnessOnlyOurReprieve
Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end.
ThoughtEndUpConscious
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
ArtFunLyingJustEitherPathology
Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
AdvertisingKindExpensiveBuyUs
Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.
PleasureViceGiveLikeSomeLoves
Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.
FindWantCannotOftenThemConsult
If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.
WorldApologizeReconciliationWould
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
PeopleWhyNeverExpectNever Expect
After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.
SuccessSatisfiedOrdinaryFailures
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