Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. "No single word in English renders all the shades… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“…suffering can be a work of art. It can be made of buried and rising things, helpless and undiscovered, song of frustrated… — Lydia Millet Copy Share Image
Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
“Through creativity, we are seamlessly connected and sustained as we pull back the veil, revealing beneath our differences and distinctive characteristics, human… — Brian Bowers Copy Share Image
“I believe in love at first sight… But it’s not the first moment you lay eyes on a person, it’s the moment… — Ranata Suzuki Copy Share Image
She was aware of the movement of his lips as he pressed soundless words in her palm. He released her, and the… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
My longings, my hopes, my dreams, and my every effort has been to live for Him who rescued me, to study for… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the… — Ada Leverson Copy Share Image
Human beings, in point of fact, are lonely by nature, and one should feel sorry for them and love them and mourn… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“You were not a moment to me… you were the eternity hidden inside one trembling heartbeat.” — DEO VOLENTE Copy Share Image
Wine is a sign of happiness, love and plenty, how many of our adolescents and young people sense that these are no… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
For paradise we long. For perfection we were made...This longing is the source of the hunger and dissatisfaction that mark our lives...This… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
The broken heart doesn't bother me, it's the memories that keep me awake at night... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In that last dance of chances I shall partner you no more. I shall watch another turn you As you move across… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“In all my wanderings through this world of care, In all my griefs -- and God has given my share -- I… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
longing to travel while you are already traveling is, I admit, a kind of greedy madness — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“terucap rindu sepasang insan.. geliat sang cinta di lubuk hati.. terurai kata nan indah menawan.. gundah pun sirna dibuai si mimpi.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I think that I am profoundly influenced by writers who have explored loss, and longing, and fear. Those influences have turned me… — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“When you have a keen passion for something, you follow through even without waiting to be reminded.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
We all know about love, faith, sadness, despair, hope, hopelessness, longing, desire... those are things we all have inside of us, and… — Ron Pope Copy Share Image
No matter how many times I say I don't need a boyfriend, my heart still craves to love someone truly. — Ira Dominique Copy Share Image
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