People are not the way they are primarily in order to annoy me. 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 glancesappearancelooks One who can find lemons sweet and grapes sour is ready for Dame Fortune. Mason Cooley damesgrapessweet Think of the many different relations of form and content. E.g., the many pairs of trousers and what's in them. Mason Cooley pairsdifferentthinking Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting. Mason Cooley jealousysafetybored I am no longer in love, but I still have my jealousy. Mason Cooley jealousystills In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either. Mason Cooley dressesart Every representation, even of an orgy, is a sublimation. Mason Cooley representation Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past. Mason Cooley smilefacespast My nostalgia is for the impossible. Mason Cooley nostalgiaimpossible Talk shows are proof that conversation is dead. Mason Cooley proofshowsconversation The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China. Mason Cooley romancelove-isromantic A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time. Mason Cooley free-spiritanxietytime The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice. Mason Cooley troubleadvice 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 changestoriesway Explanations comfort us by giving the impression that there is an order in things. Mason Cooley comfortgivingorder Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status. Mason Cooley competitionpoliticallaw The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart. Mason Cooley togetherhappinessgiving The desire to be significant casts a pall. Mason Cooley significancesignificantdesire The mind demands rules; the facts demand exceptions. Mason Cooley demandmindfacts
