Mason Cooley Quotes

• Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

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  Happiness, Attitude, Book

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• Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.

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  Book, Lessons, Teach

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• Trust, but look for the exits.

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  Trust, Exit, Looks

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• Love talks and talks. Lust is brief and to the point.

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  Love, Lust, Love Lust

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• I have forgiven you. Nevertheless, begone!

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  Forgiveness, Forgiven, Nevertheless

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• Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings.

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  Funny Relationship, Talking, Cheerful

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• If you corner me, you are going to hear some unwelcome truths.

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  Truth, Corners, Ifs

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• Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.

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  Literature, Innocence, Charming

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• Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

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  Inspirational, Halloween, Autumn

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• Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.

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  Thinking, Justice, Asking

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• Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

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  Forgiveness, Forgive And Move On, What Is Forgiveness

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• A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.

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  Smile, Seductive, Dresses

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

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  Demand, Lists, Exception

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• We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.

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  Literature, Baffled, Insult

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• Your need to talk does not create in me a need to listen.

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  Talking, Doe, Needs

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

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  Struggle, Forget, Existence

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• Why not - is a slogan for an interesting life.

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  Interesting, Why Not, Interesting Life

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• The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

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  Laughter, Literature, Sometimes

  "City Aphorisms: Sixth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1989.

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• Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

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  Overcoming, Doe, Flattery

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• Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.

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  Stupidity, Facts, Facts Of Life

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• Do not wait for a reason to be happy.

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  Happiness, Waiting, Reason

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

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  Life, Men, Theme

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• Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.

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  Literature, Eternal Life, Frightening

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• Documents create a paper reality we call proof.

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  Reality, Paper, Proof

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• Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

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  Faith, Moving, Hiking

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