February 20th, 2012
I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I loved her and that was the beginning of everything.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (via archaize)

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After a while you learn the subtle difference
between holding a hand and chaining a soul and
you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and
company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises and
you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and
your eyes ahead with the grace of woman,
not the grief of a child and
you learn to build all your roads on today because
tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans and
futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much so
you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead
of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth and
you learn and
you learn
with every goodbye, you learn.

After A While by Veronica Shoffstall, 1971

(Author’s note: This poem has been plagiarized, bastardized, renamed, reworded, redesigned, expanded and reduced. But it is my work, which I wrote at the age of 19 and had published in my college yearbook. Why anyone would want to claim it is beyond me, but for what it’s worth, I wrote it, and if I’d known it was going to be this popular, I’d have done a better job of it. - V.S. )

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Must love decorating for holidays, mischief, kissing in cars, and wind chimes. No specific height, weight, hair color, or political affiliation required but would prefer a warm spirited non racist. Cynics, critics, pessimists, and “stick in the muds” need not apply. Voluptuous figures a plus. Any similarity in look, mind set, or fashion sense to Mary Poppins, Claire Huxtable, Snow White, or Elvira wholeheartedly welcomed. I am dubious of actresses, fellons and lesbians but don’t want to rule them out entirely. Must be tolerant of whistling, tickle torture, James Taylor, and sleeping late. I have a slight limp, eerily soft hands, and a preternatural love of autumn. I once misinterpreted being called a coal-eyed dandy as a compliment when it was intended as an insult. I wiggle my feet in my sleep, am scared of the dark, and think the Muppets Christmas Carol is one of the greatest films of all time. All I want is butterfly kisses in the morning, peanut butter sandwiches shaped like a heart, and to make you smile until it hurts.
Matthew Gray Gubler, on his perfect woman (via cawliflower)

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be pretty if you can,
be witty if you must,
but be gracious
if it kills you.
{Elsie De Wolfe} (via livagracefullife)