Tag: complex

Sour grapes

Sour Grapes

Probably, that bunch of grapes would have been nice and tasty. Nonetheless, I respect the fox for finding a way to recover from its failure, to stay on its feet so that it can seek more attainable pleasures.

bitterness

Bitterness

Bitterness finds an uncomfortable discomfort in the feeling of justification for standing apart from the aesthetic of the simply happy.

miserable russian

Toska

Vladimir Nobokov wrote that “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska.” That’s not just because English speakers lack the specific emotional concept of toska, but also because toska is… more emotion Toska