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Joe Queenan quotes: Here I am referring to the types of books that thirtyish women devour at private swim clubs, often to the dismay of their drowning children.

Here I am referring to the types of books that thirtyish women devour at private swim clubs, often to the dismay of their drowning children.

Joe Queenan quotes: He used books the same way he used alcohol: to pretend that he was not here, and if he was here, that he was happy for a change.

He used books the same way he used alcohol: to pretend that he was not here, and if he was here, that he was happy for a change.

Joe Queenan quotes: People who prefer e-books ... think that books merely take up space. This is true, but so do your children and Prague and the Sistine Chapel.

People who prefer e-books ... think that books merely take up space. This is true, but so do your children and Prague and the Sistine Chapel.

Joe Queenan quotes: I have never squandered an opportunity to read.

I have never squandered an opportunity to read.

Joe Queenan quotes: Good books to not invite unanimity. They invite discord, mayhem, knife fights, blood feuds.

Good books to not invite unanimity. They invite discord, mayhem, knife fights, blood feuds.

Joe Queenan quotes: While traveling in this highly idiosyncratic country, it became clear to me that the Scots did not like the English.

While traveling in this highly idiosyncratic country, it became clear to me that the Scots did not like the English.

Joe Queenan quotes: Books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality.

Books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality.

Joe Queenan quotes: It is never a good sign when the most exciting thing on television is a dancing Republican.

It is never a good sign when the most exciting thing on television is a dancing Republican.

Joe Queenan quotes: Unless paid, I never read books by or about businessmen or politicians, nor should anyone else.

Unless paid, I never read books by or about businessmen or politicians, nor should anyone else.

Joe Queenan quotes: Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise.

Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise.

Joe Queenan quotes: Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful.

Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful.

Joe Queenan quotes: Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning.

Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning.

Joe Queenan quotes: Children are not born with their hearts hardened in this fashion, not even Irish-Catholic children. They have to be taught by professionals.

Children are not born with their hearts hardened in this fashion, not even Irish-Catholic children. They have to be taught by professionals.

Joe Queenan quotes: Books are a way of saying: This room seems to have more than its fair share of bozos in it.

Books are a way of saying: This room seems to have more than its fair share of bozos in it.

Joe Queenan quotes: Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons.

Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons.

Joe Queenan quotes: But such a fortuitous rescue from ethical bondage is rare indeed.

But such a fortuitous rescue from ethical bondage is rare indeed.

Joe Queenan quotes: The problem with the English Patient is that to enjoy it, you have to be either English or patient.

The problem with the English Patient is that to enjoy it, you have to be either English or patient.

Joe Queenan quotes: Book lovers are engaged with writers in a private communion that occurs in some vaporous cenacle of the mind.

Book lovers are engaged with writers in a private communion that occurs in some vaporous cenacle of the mind.

Joe Queenan quotes: If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment.

If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment.