“Here I used toska […] t's ... melancholy, longing. Spiritual anguish. Nabokov described it as 'a dull ache of the soul, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. And, in particular cases, 'the desire for somebody or something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness’ I've never found a word like that before, that so perfectly sums up how I feel about us.”
oh how i love language
— Feb 06, 2026 05:47PM
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