I love this quote by John Waters...

[Playinghardball]

Intelligence is sexy...

[djean111]

1. I really really really agree with that.

[SheilaT]

2. Whenever I visit someone and there are no books

I feel a little sad and depressed.

Not that these days anyone is taking me home with, uhh, certain intentions. But if they were, trust me, books and being able to talk to that person afterwards would be highly important.

[The2ndWheel]

3. Isn't there that internet thing?

[Hekate]

18. Not the same thing at all. Books demand extended engagement...

Regarding extended mental engagement, I refer to the better novels and to books of information.

The internet, on the whole, is fast and choppy.

Twitter will be the death of our brains.

Hekate, Bibliophile

[libodem]

4. Polyester

Is still my favorite movie, evah!!!

[saidsimplesimon]

13. Another memory, Devine

Paraphrase, it goes something like this:

My life is an endless highway, full of toll booths and no exits.

[dickthegrouch]

5. I Can't stand John Water's movies, but

I agree with this. Although you'd have to look on my iPad to see most of my books these days. Ask the NSA what I've been reading if you don't have the nouse to ask me .

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. ^^^^Thread winner^^^

[Shandris]

6. These behaviours are learned when we're young...

...and being a book-person is social suicide for the young. No, I don't think we'll ever see this come back into vogue, at least not during my lifetime.

[nolabear]

7. Saw him in performance once and was shocked.

He is one of the sweetest, warmest, most open people I've ever seen. Even with people he vehemently disagreed with he found something to be fascinated by, to try to think about why and to enjoy some aspect of everything. He's smart as hell and childlike in the best sense of the word. And can that man tell a story!

He also has another quote that is one of my favorites: "Every day I thank God my mother raised me Catholic, because sex is REALLY dirty." Said with gusto.

[toby jo]

8. Definitely dig it when a guy's got books.

[bigwillq]

9. Great quote!

K and R

[ProgressSaves]

10. There's also this point of view.

[HappyMe]

12. k&r

I like John Waters.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Neil Young's view:

"Welfare Mothers Make Better Lovers"

on the "Rust Never Sleeps" album

[nomorenomore08]

16. A hilarious song, and he does it completely straight-faced too.

Kind of makes you go "WTF was he thinking?" even as you're laughing your ass off.

[progressoid]

15. I was recently in a home that had no books.

It was odd to me but not unusual. My client, an interior designer, said she sees it a lot.

[klook]

17. Reading is Fundamental

When I visit somebody nowadays it's not an amorous occasion, since I'm in a committed relationship, but books make the home for me.

What's hilarious is that years ago I was browsing in a second-hand bookshop when an interior designer came in and said to the proprietor, "I'm looking for some old books." The guy, in a New York accent, said, "Whaddya want? You want Whittier? We got Whittier. You want Longfellow? We got some Longfellow."

The customer said, "I need about 8 feet of them."

Turned out the designer's client just wanted some distinguished-looking old volumes for a den. The store owner was disgusted, but he grabbed a few handfuls of books and rang them up. Probably never were read again.

Nowadays many people apparently consider books as "clutter." Those people make my skin crawl.

[Le Taz Hot]

19. First time my now husband came to my house

the first thing he did was peruse the bookshelves. I informed him the rest were in the back and in storage. I won't go into detail except to say that Waters is right. We've been together 14 years now.

[Hekate]

20. Unbeknownst to me at the time, the man who later became my husband was attracted by my large...

... shelf of poetry and the shelf of Japanese literature. He said he'd never, ever met a girl who'd read The Makioka Sisters.

For some of us, I guess books are really a sexual attractant.

[mimi85]

21. I love this quote also.

Hell, I'm one of those people who read ingredient labels while eating. I would just end it if I couldn't read anymore.

[kimbutgar]

22. I love books. I have so many books in my house. I've been married a book lover for 25 years.

I grew up in a family if book lovers.

My ex husband didn't like to read thought it was a waste of time. That is one of the many reasons why he is my ex.

[Solly Mack]

23. ...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. Uh huh....