Mason Cooley

“After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.”

“Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.”

“Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.”

“The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.”

“Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.”

“Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.”

“If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether.”

“The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.”

“Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.”

“General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.”

“Romantics consider common sense vulgar.”

“We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.”

“Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.”

“Documents create a paper reality we call proof.”

“The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.”

“Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.”

“The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.”