Squid's Diary:
October 15, 2020, Overcast
"I can't remember why I used to gather people around me, or why I felt so much for all the big and little things happening across this vast land of 9.6 million square kilometers. I can't even remember when I started becoming so stingy that I couldn't spare a little concern for anyone else."
"I took the liberty of giving it a name: 'Romantic Emotional Frostbite.' As some people struggle through life, they gradually lose their ability to feel the formation of ideals, hope for the future, outrage at injustice, the pursuit of love, a longing for poetry, and a desire to escape the mundane. They grow numb, eventually settle for mediocrity, and live out their lives without a ripple."
"At twenty, I feel that something deep inside me has frozen over."
Theme: Study hard and keep improving.