toska

/ the ache / No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.
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fishingboatproceeds:

Oh my God these are all so beautiful.

(Source: andotherpoems)


#peter van houten #an imperial affliction

Posted 25 February 2012 at 2:07 pm with 5,360 notes
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