"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.”
― Vladimir Nabokov
― Vladimir Nabokov
Tate : I like birds, too.
Violet : Why do you like them?
Tate : Because they can fly away when things get too crazy, I guess.
Violet : Why do you like them?
Tate : Because they can fly away when things get too crazy, I guess.
“Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief”
—Anne Carson “Tragedy: A Curious Art Form”
—Anne Carson “Tragedy: A Curious Art Form”