velvet and rust: Archive

April 2013

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“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” —― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Apr 7, 2013

September 2012

2 posts

Sep 8, 2012197 notes

“I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is?” —Vincent van Gogh (via girlinlondon)

Sep 6, 20126,553 notes

April 2012

2 posts

Apr 19, 20123 notes

“When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and uneasiness, guilt and a compulsion to get something—anything—before it is all gone.” —John Steinbeck (via misswallflower)

Apr 19, 2012463 notes

February 2012

4 posts

“I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds. Valuable but lifeless and loveless. Others, of the simplest field flowers, with hearts full of dew and with all the tints of celestial beauty reflected in their modest petals.” —Anaïs Nin

Feb 26, 20122,402 notes

Feb 26, 2012186 notes

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.” —Mae West (via thehuntbeautiful)

Feb 4, 20124 notes

Feb 3, 2012371,298 notes