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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

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

Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other name you please. — David Dudley Field II

The story in that book of yours comes down to a sudden slipup caused by two great vices: women and laziness. — Kamel Daoud

True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

I have never squandered an opportunity to read. — Joe Queenan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When a person makes a decision, people will always want a reason they understand, so they'll put a negative spin on things. — Desiree Rogers

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

Love alone can explain the mysteries of Love. — Rumi

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. — Joe Queenan

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

Actions transform a dream into reality - not hope. — Debasish Mridha

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

The Queen watched the drops of sweat pearling her husband's brow. And nothing disgusts a woman more than the sweat of the man she has ceased to love. — Maurice Druon

What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command. — Havelock Ellis

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

Spread love and continue life. Keep creating life, that's my message! — Sizzla

There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little. — Hannah More

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

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

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