September 2011
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The sound of the aurora on Saturn.
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Toska is a Russian word; as explained by Vladimir... →
Toska is a Russian word; as explained by Vladimir Nabokov, “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…
“I feel my heart ache, but I’ve forgotten what that feeling means.”
– Chuck Palahniuk (Choke)
“…A flower left out.
My bones hold a stillness, the far
Fields melt my heart....”
– Sylvia Plath, Sheep in Fog 