Revelling in Lavender

Accept who you are; and revel in it.
-Mitch Albom
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i've been drawing a lot more lately. and i bought a lavender plant. i hope it doesn't die.
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It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime…
-Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

Gelato.

i miss gelato.

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Strivings

You will forgive me, I hope you don't mind me saying, I just wanted to add, if you've got time and I've said it before and I'll say it again, because you should know, before we go any further, we should put everything on the table because the reality is and the truth is and the fact of the matter is, I shouldn't interrupt but I was wondering and if you know, please tell me, how we manage to say so much, without saying anything at all.
-I Wrote This For You
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It's extremely odd being back from Vienna. I constantly find differences and details about my home that are different than Austria. Not good, nor bad. Just different. But it is good to be home. I missed my people. The good and bad. Home is home, regardless of what happens.
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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
-Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
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Strings by: Young the Giant (Open Session Version)

Not Really Sorry

All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.
– Paul Fussell
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sorry i completely stopped updating about vienna. it got a little overwhelming to do a post almost everyday. so you'll just have to be happy with some of the pictures i post, for my blog will be back to normal now. or you can creepily find me on facebook and live vicariously through my pictures there. but please, don't be too creepy.