I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am. by Mason Cooley

I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.

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Magic lives in curves, not angles. by Mason Cooley

Magic lives in curves, not angles.

illusion curves magic

Manly men and womanly women are still here but feeling nervous. by Mason Cooley

Manly men and womanly women are still here but feeling nervous.

nervous feelings men

Sacred or not, sacrifice is an ugly business. by Mason Cooley

Sacred or not, sacrifice is an ugly business.

ugly sacred sacrifice

Between repetition and forgetting, it is a marvel that a new thou... by Mason Cooley

Between repetition and forgetting, it is a marvel that a new thought ever struggles into existence.

existence struggle forget

Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions... by Mason Cooley

Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.

exception demand lists

Living alone is good for privacy, bad for full-scale cooking and... by Mason Cooley

Living alone is good for privacy, bad for full-scale cooking and moving heavy furniture.

furniture cooking moving

I keep eating for fear I will be hungry. by Mason Cooley

I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.

The powerless worship Luck and Fate. by Mason Cooley

The powerless worship Luck and Fate.

fate luck worship

Photography knows how to authenticate its misrepresentations. by Mason Cooley

Photography knows how to authenticate its misrepresentations.

misrepresentation know-how photography

Nudity is the costume of lovers and corpses. by Mason Cooley

Nudity is the costume of lovers and corpses.

nudity costumes lovers

To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure. by Mason Cooley

To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

reputation gains grieving

Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets. by Mason Cooley

Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.

forget remember

Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can furthe... by Mason Cooley

Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another.

philosophical plato philosophy

Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets. by Mason Cooley

Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.

upset philosophical doe

The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignific... by Mason Cooley

The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point.

I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it... by Mason Cooley

I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it.

The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.

patterns doe fall

Working cuts down on both folly and wisdom. by Mason Cooley

Working cuts down on both folly and wisdom.

folly cutting work

Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with a... by Mason Cooley

Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.

emblems flags snail

A blocked path also offers guidance. by Mason Cooley

A blocked path also offers guidance.

blocked guidance path