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“Might as well wear loafers without socks. Or take out a membership at the Reading Room on the path above the beach – the Reading Room, where the joke was that there wasn’t a book in the entire place.”

— Ann Beattie

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Ann Beattie Quote: “Might as well wear loafers without socks. Or take out a membership at the Reading Room on the path above the beach – the Reading Room, where the joke was that there wasn’t a book in the entire place.”

“Might as well wear loafers without socks. Or take out a membership at the Reading Room on the path above the beach – the Reading Room, where the joke was that there wasn’t a book in the entire place.”

— Ann Beattie

Ann Beattie Quote: “Might as well wear loafers without socks. Or take out a membership at the Reading Room on the path above the beach – the Reading Room, where the joke was that there wasn’t a book in the entire place.”

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