Lonely Tranquility

lovelikeanavalanche: “Oh God, what a fine chap you are…”...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:44:24 -0400

lovelikeanavalanche:

“Oh God, what a fine chap you are…” #bestprayerever

picadorbookroom: Because really, what else would you do with a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:00 -0400

picadorbookroom:

Because really, what else would you do with a broken fridge?

(Image stolen from Lawrence Public Library.)

colorado-wannabe: So in English class we had to draw a scene from The Great Gatsby. After the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:56:59 -0400

colorado-wannabe:

So in English class we had to draw a scene from The Great Gatsby. After the drawings were done the teacher was showing them to the class, and one drawing was a pic of Gatsby reaching towards at the green light, but in the drawing Gatsby didn’t have hands. So my teacher starts saying something like how this picture has hidden meaning and portrays the helplessness Gatsby feels, and the kid next to me just casually says “I can’t draw hands.”

"A flower falls from his eye and blooms in a stranger’s mouth."

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:38:23 -0400

“A flower
falls from his eye
and blooms in a stranger’s mouth.”

- Paul Auster, ‘Scribe’ (Ground Work, 1991)

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picadorbookroom: Has your to-be-read pile grown out of control?...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:33:01 -0400

picadorbookroom:

Has your to-be-read pile grown out of control? There is a Japanese word for that!

[via: GalleyCat]

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:24 -0400

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no moral ever dared to dream before.”

- Edgar Allan Poe (via iamnormanbates)

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:25:47 -0400

theparisreview: In a note to Fitzgerald, Hemingway shows he was...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:08:41 -0400

theparisreview:

In a note to Fitzgerald, Hemingway shows he was better at being aggressive than passive-aggressive.

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picadorbookroom: (via: Toad Hall Book Store)

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:16 -0400

picadorbookroom:

(via: Toad Hall Book Store)

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Tue, 14 May 2013 23:45:12 -0400

littlebookthings: Submission courtesy of anon

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:44:51 -0400

littlebookthings:

Submission courtesy of anon

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Sat, 11 May 2013 20:08:42 -0400

picadorbookroom: (via: Book Riot)

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:04:31 -0400

picadorbookroom:

(via: Book Riot)

gatsbymovie: “That’s the best thing a girl can be in this...

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:47:49 -0400

gatsbymovie:

“That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool…”

gatsbymovie: Jay Gatsby. All class.

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:04:35 -0400

gatsbymovie:

Jay Gatsby. All class.

theparisreview: Famously reclusive eighty-seven-year-old...

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:58 -0400

theparisreview:

Famously reclusive eighty-seven-year-old national treasure Harper Lee is suing literary agent Samuel Pinkus over the copyright for To Kill a Mockingbird. Says Lee’s lawyer, “Pinkus knew that Harper Lee was an elderly woman with physical infirmities that made it difficult for her to read and see … Harper Lee had no idea she had assigned her copyright.”

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