📖 (fav book)

After Dark and 1q84 by Haruki Murakami are my all time favorites as well as the children’s books I Say a Little Pray for You

📝 (fav quote)

I have so many I can’t choose

“You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish.” - from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla

“If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave me love.” - from George Orwell’s 1984

“I’m getting rid of everything from the past so I can be reborn in the future.” - from Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood

“Do not be afraid; our fate/Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.” - from Dante’s Inferno

 🎒(are you in college, major area of study)

I graduated in May with a B.A. in History. I primarily studied Soviet history, Chinese communist history, and mass state violence.

Thank you for saying so!

8: What is true happiness?

I think happiness is feeling secure in your situation and knowing that no matter what, you know who you are and what you love.

31: What defines you?

Honestly, I don’t know. I have interests and things I care about but I don’t know what makes me me. 

45: Do dreams mean anything?

I think so. Dreams can be so relevant to the issues that go on in our live that I refuse to believe that they mean nothing. 

Snapdragon: If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

Germany, probably!

Cherry Blossom: What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?

I hope I’ll be starting a job, and that I live alone. and I also hope that I’ve visited some of the places I want to!

Lavender: 3 physical features you get complimented on a lot?

My nails (yes, it’s weird), my eyelashes and I recently got complimented on my feet.

if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to? 

Books: “Bonjour Tristesse”, “Antéchrista”, “Die Apothekerin” and “Die Physiker”

Movies: “Swimming Pool”, “8 femmes”, “Dans la maison”, “Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain”, “Hilde”, “Le sauvage”, “L’enfer” and “La cérémonie”.

Music: Le vent nous portera by Sophie Hunger (and also by Noir Désir), Dirty Dancing by NKOTB, Strani Amori by Laura Pausini, Somewhere only we know by Keane, Willst du by Alligatoah, La valse d’Amélie by Yann Tiersen and Ella elle l’a by France Gall

five most influential books over your lifetime. “Bonjour Tristesse” by Françoise Sagan, “Die Apothekerin” by Ingrid Noll, “L’eau des collines” by Marcel Pagnol, “Die wilden Hühner” by Cornelia Funke and “Die Physiker” by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

5. Which countries did you visit? England (twice), Turkey, France, Italy

7. What dates from 2014 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? These.