Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Quotes: Clifton Paul Fadiman
When you read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.
Quotes: Don Quinn
“A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.”
Free Sounds Good To Me
One of the best perks I’ve discovered since switching to reading books digitally is the abundance of free (and legal!) eBooks out there. Sure sometimes I miss that physically feeling of holding a ‘real’ book, and physically ‘seeing’ yourself get closer to the end as you read page-by-page. And I do still read a paper-book now and again, usually [...]
The Road
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them [...]
Quotes: Charles Spurgeon
“Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend.”
The Books That Changed Me
Back when I was much, much younger, I had a problem with reading. I just couldn’t do it. Well I could, but not well. Now days they would call it a ‘reading comprehension’ problem, but back then they just called it a learning disability. Or they would simply call your kid stupid, or slow. Whatever [...]
Quotable #1
It’s not the face, but the expressions on it. It’s not the voice, but what you say. It’s not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it. You are beautiful. – The Host, Stephenie Meyer
The Littles
My all-time favorite book as a young child. Not only did I watch the TV series religiously from the age of 3-6, I had the toys, books, blankets, and all other various gimmicky products I could get my ‘little’ hands on. Much to my horror I just discovered this book featured on a “Vintage Children [...]
