Mason Cooley

The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.

Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.

Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.

The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.

The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.

A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.

As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.