Mason Cooley
Books by Mason Cooley
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The comic art of Barbara Pym
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Quotes by Mason Cooley
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Rereading, we find a new book
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Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
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Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully
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Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully
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Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
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Rereading, we find a new book
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Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
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Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.
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The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.
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Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
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Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
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My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
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Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
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Never try to leap from a standstill.
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Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.
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Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
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The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.
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Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
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The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
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Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.
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