“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, me…”— Vladimir Nabokov, thereviewreview.netTagged: Russian, Russian Words, Language, Sadness, Dull Ache