Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past. Mason Cooley More Quotes by Mason Cooley More Quotes From Mason Cooley In new situations, I look carefully at appearances. In familiar ones, I glance. Mason Cooley glances appearance looks One who can find lemons sweet and grapes sour is ready for Dame Fortune. Mason Cooley dames grapes sweet Think of the many different relations of form and content. E.g., the many pairs of trousers and what's in them. Mason Cooley pairs different thinking Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting. Mason Cooley jealousy safety bored I am no longer in love, but I still have my jealousy. Mason Cooley jealousy stills In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either. Mason Cooley dresses art Every representation, even of an orgy, is a sublimation. Mason Cooley representation My nostalgia is for the impossible. Mason Cooley nostalgia impossible Talk shows are proof that conversation is dead. Mason Cooley proof shows conversation The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China. Mason Cooley romance love-is romantic A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time. Mason Cooley free-spirit anxiety time The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice. Mason Cooley trouble advice The beginning sets the rules. Mason Cooley Every time I change the way I explain myself to myself, I have to rearrange the story of my life. Mason Cooley change stories way Explanations comfort us by giving the impression that there is an order in things. Mason Cooley comfort giving order Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status. Mason Cooley competition political law The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart. Mason Cooley together happiness giving The desire to be significant casts a pall. Mason Cooley significance significant desire The mind demands rules; the facts demand exceptions. Mason Cooley demand mind facts Rules that are never violated cease to be recognized as Rules. Mason Cooley cease