One for the Books
Joe Queenan
Top 10 Best 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.”
“Electronic books are ideal for people who value the information contained in them, or who have vision problems, or who like to read on the subway, or who do not want other people to see how they are amusing themselves, or who have storage and clutter issues, but they are useless for people who are engaged in an intense, lifelong love affair with books. Books that we can touch; books that we can smell; books that we can depend on.”
“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.”
“Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons.”
“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.”
“Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful.”
“I dread that awkward moment when a friend hands you the book that changed his or her life, and it is a book that you have despised since you were fourteen.”
“I do not accept reading tips from strangers, especially from indecisive men whose shirt collars are a dramatically different color from the main portion of the garment.”
“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.”
“Good books don't make you think, because the author has already done all of the thinking for you, but a terrible book can really give your brain a workout, because you spend so much time wondering what incredibly dumb thing the author will say next.”
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