“I don’t really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it’s always nice, I’ll grant you, if he has one.” “Seymour: An Introduction”, J.D. Salinger Tumblr (3.0; @strandedstmarkscitylights)http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e1e77ec0c063ab4bd9ec37755b3cff6c/tumblr_mo4tc1HgNy1qb6ut5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://housingworksbookstore.tumblr.com/post/53111654272/in-honor-of-bloomsday-by-tom-gauld" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">housingworksbookstore</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>In honor of Bloomsday, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomgauld" target="_blank">Tom Gauld</a></p></blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/53120440214http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/53120440214Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:34:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/12b67555d166c82e5d6821aa5db05489/tumblr_mnwbumfIv91r7kdduo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://celluloidshadows.tumblr.com/post/52184166041/pulp-novel-art" target="_blank">celluloidshadows</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Pulp Novel Art</p> </blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52983013758http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52983013758Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:55:45 -0400too fabulous<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e418d812283bcecea733e4ffd23c41d3/tumblr_mnxurpGzQd1suug3ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52953178248http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52953178248Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:13:47 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/813b8b6d732ca7a4cc05845a5dd1549d/tumblr_modeprI76v1rprch2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://edwardspoonhands.com/post/52931508264/apparently-i-should-have-gone-higher-than-more" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">edwardspoonhands</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Apparently I should have gone higher than “more than 25” because this isn’t giving me the best resolution. Also…YOU GUYS READ A LOT OF DAMN BOOKS!</p></blockquote> <p>Oh Hank, nice try. Personally I think I’m around fifty a year only including what I read cover to cover.</p>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52941889947http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52941889947Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:11:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7af2e3df77161a4c64f70ae4bea019a0/tumblr_mm6m1jvNpR1r78kbwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://afterthecups.tumblr.com/post/49446639258/through-the-window-at-five-leaves" target="_blank">afterthecups</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Through the window at Five Leaves.</p> </blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52874203086http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52874203086Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:13:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/679789115171e94a241573b4e4f115bb/tumblr_mjgnixYUsZ1ryd2b2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.1924.us/post/52637121196" target="_blank">1924us</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassodayann/" target="_blank">cassoday harder</a></p> </blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52800210885http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52800210885Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:27:00 -0400“This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn’t turn out to be like Literature.”<br/><br/> - <em><span>Julian Barnes</span><span>, </span><em>The Sense of an Ending</em>  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ablogwithaview.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">ablogwithaview</a>)</em>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52795802224http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52795802224Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:13:39 -0400fear? more like terror in its purest form<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/744b2e48ab3af362ef76b724ea393753/tumblr_mmn92lgfzp1s5kijyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52757702916http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52757702916Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:14:39 -0400yes yes yes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/32aaabaf5a516bff19fc10eccb45c5ff/tumblr_mo1uwa0kpW1r7ksqyo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52714476442http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52714476442Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:14:17 -0400preach!<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0f79d59b4feca95341075a2d9000b8f/tumblr_mo5ukd6Eyq1qdri8ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I meant to post this ages ago, but Kris gave me a typewriter for graduation! I named her Lady Ella, and I think she’s just lovely.</p>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52633217595http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52633217595Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:13:44 -0400“To start with, look at all the books.”<br/><br/> - <em>The Marriage Plot— Jeffrey Eugenides</em>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52606634453http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52606634453Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:08:54 -0400Jeffrey EugenidesThe Marriage PlotMadeleine Hannaopening linescurrently rereadingfavorite<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lom5n625dh1qm647ko1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52573036806http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52573036806Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:07:00 -0400I really hated this movie though<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/672b8d5087a739adeeb283fcb48ddbea/tumblr_mo1inslmKT1r13ilso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://booksandtea.tumblr.com/post/52435734275/untitled" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">booksandtea</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Untitled</p></blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52493044806http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52493044806Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:20:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2329dbb2d66684050b30eb561de544cd/tumblr_mnyr6i6ehp1rq4g3ro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://writersbloqinc.tumblr.com/post/52289603206/how-does-this-not-exist-everywhere-street-library" target="_blank">writersbloqinc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>How does this not exist everywhere? Street library anyone?</p> </blockquote> <p>These are fabulous, I think I saw it in SoHo. There’s also one on E4th Street where I left my extra copy of Lolita anda translation of Anna Karenina I didn’t want.</p>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52487992727http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52487992727Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:06:58 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e7c3e0b11aea6eaadad5d9c50c557a81/tumblr_mnkh6oLryK1qe2gajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://over-ture.tumblr.com/post/51717127496/by-esther-jung" target="_blank">over-ture</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/estherjung/8859109121/" target="_blank">esther jung</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52482924799http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52482924799Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:53:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/39f2db249d0d8309dfb23fa18bab9d31/tumblr_mo04bniHaO1rs1x9do1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52477860487http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52477860487Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:40:24 -0400“<p>The story of man
<br/> Makes me sick
<br/> Inside, outside,<br/> 
I don’t know why
<br/> Something so conditional
<br/> And all talk
<br/> Should hurt me so.</p> <p>I am hurt<br/> 
I am scared<br/> 
I want to live<br/> 
I want to die<br/> 
I don’t know
<br/> Where to turn<br/> 
In the Void
<br/> And when
<br/> To cut
<br/> Out</p> <p>For no Church told me<br/> No Guru holds me<br/> No advice<br/> Just stone<br/> Of New York…</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Jack Kerouac, Bowery Blues (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oh-so-elizabeth.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">oh-so-elizabeth</a>)</em>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52472942343http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52472942343Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:27:11 -0400Jack Kerouacpoor darling<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7be59988e5628b65436d746ff54f52bb/tumblr_mny7dbT3hF1qe0lqqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mpdrolet.tumblr.com/post/52414424171/eric-antoine" target="_blank">mpdrolet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.ericantoinephoto.com" target="_blank">Eric Antoine</a></p> </blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52468062561http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52468062561Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:13:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf4f3830a011d1a44748da4be7b7fc81/tumblr_mm6tfy4Jui1s7jt0io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52428286437http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52428286437Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:34:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/44a1858729bf135282a1653d5f9e08a6/tumblr_mnverz5VO71rffxsno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mimbeau.tumblr.com/post/52137813857/clotilde-avy-pregniard-1885-1945" target="_blank">mimbeau</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Clotilde AVY-PREGNIARD</strong> (1885-1945),</p> </blockquote>http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52331002242http://strandedstmarkscitylights.tumblr.com/post/52331002242Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:20:10 -0400