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Famous Mason Cooley Quotes
“By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.”
“I feel that I have something significant to say, but I cannot think what it is.”
“Every few years something new breaks into the circle of my thoughts.”
“Travelling carries me to the surface, away from the deeps of home-thoughts.”
“No matter how close thought sticks to the actual, it follows its own rules.”
“As the tenor roars his passion, I think sadly of my spreading middle, and his.”
“You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.”
“Only those in comfortable circumstances think love is the most important thing.”
“Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?”
“Existence is not a mystery unless you think it has a meaning.”
“Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.”
“The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.”
“Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.”
“Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think.”
“Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.”