Thursday, April 30, 2009

confusing words


Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

book quotes

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. ~E.P. Whipple

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. ~Jeremy Collier

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life." ~Helen Exley

From my point of view, a book is a literary prescription put up for the benefit of someone who needs it. ~S.M. Crothers

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. ~Henry Ward Beecher

God be thanked for books! they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. ~W.E. Channing

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome. ~William Ewart Gladstone