Not A Specific Time Period But I Like Learning About Wars Throughout History.

Paw prints from a cat on a 15th century manuscript 

–Mary Oliver

Me: *wants to be friends with someone*

Me: *doesn’t know how to start a conversation with them*

To Live - Yu Hua

Quotes that I really liked and felt the need to underline:

"All it took was a word from the higher-ups and we'd all think and do whatever they wanted."

"You still owe us a life, hold on to your life to repay us."

"No matter how lucky a person is, the moment he decides he wants to die, there's nothing that will keep him alive."

"No matter how many hardships and difficulties people face in life, they always find a way to console themselves when they get close to death."

"If you go on striving for this and that, you’ll end up paying with your life."

"I thought it must be terrible to be an ox. All their lives they're driven to the point of exhaustion for the work of man, and as soon as they get old and their energy starts to go they get sent off to be slaughteted and eaten."

"My memories of Fengxia are my only happiness."

Depressed queen

حلم

Holm, song by Emel

If I could close my eyes,

And the dreams take me by the hand,

I would rise and fly in a new sky,

and I would forget my sorrows.

If I could travel in my imagination,

I would build palaces and nights,

where love and my hopes can grow, and we could erase the pain...

A world, in which you see people, whose features

are clouded by oppression, misery, and suffering,

from a bitter reality that destroys everything we build.

A world where you see rising walls of tyranny,

That crushes in our dreams and dreams

And reign darkness and greed in all hearts.

I miss holding my laugh during class

“i don’t like writing about my day, but i want to keep a journal”:

quotes and copywork. when reading, if you find something you enjoy, just copy it into the notebook. you can copy a whole chapter if you wish, highlighting what caught your attention the most.

definitions. look up on a dictionary and copy it. you could write your own dictionary as well, making up definitions for words.

lists. a classic, write movies to watch, books to read, the playlist of the month or just the groceries you have to buy.

maps. when going somewhere, you could draw the route you took or just a map of the place itself. just look up the place on google maps and copy it. you can draw a little map of all the places you have lived or the schools you have attended as well.

photos

take “notes” as you watch movies / documentaries. write down phrases that caught your attention or doodle.

illustrations and clippings. if you see an image or piece of art that you liked, put it in your journal. if it’s from a book or from a magazine I would recommend scanning it, tho’. it will serve as a record of what kind of art you enjoy through the years.

newspaper clippings from the day.

tickets and pamphlets. from movies, museums, transportation.

postcards

records. you could record for a month what the temperature was when you woke up and when you went to sleep. if you do that for a year, it gives you a better notion of the passing of seasons. you could record rainfall and other seasonal changes as well. you could choose something (an animal, a plant, an item or object) and write down every time you see it.

rubbings of leaves, coins, landmarks.

count. there’s a scene in the movie Caroline (2009) where Caroline’s dad tells her to go count the windows. you could do the same type of counting game if you are bored and write down.

mindmaps/sketchnotes + timelines of books, movies, music albums.

collages

pressed leafs and flowers

your collections. if you collect anything you could write down an inventory or maybe try to draw the items.

recipes. write down recipes and give it a score every time you try it. you could do the same for drinks you try out.

stickers

comic strips. you can find a bunch of it online, glue your favorites in your notebook.

Randomer scenes from "Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)" that I liked, thank you.

— TONI MORRISON, from ‘Beloved’.