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

— Mason Cooley

Rereading, we find a new book

— Mason Cooley

Revenge is sweet but not nourishing.

— Mason Cooley

Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.

— Mason Cooley

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.

— Mason Cooley

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

— Mason Cooley

The real secrets are not the ones I tell.

— Mason Cooley

The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life.

— Mason Cooley

The shades of respectability begin to close about the grain head.

— Mason Cooley

The time I kill is killing me.

— Mason Cooley