Toska
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"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
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I face the bedroom wall of the cabin, trying to avoid their eyes, "I can't let anyone know my secret now that I know that I know what it really means..." "But we're your mates." She exclaims, walking towards me. "You have no choice but to accept us." He said in a low husky voice. If I accept them, who will find out my secret? Athena Castle, a high school student who was born with a secret that she's desperately trying to keep; a secret so important that it can get her killed. Find out what happens when her secret is revealed and her only option is to fight for her right to be special or to give in to society and potentially ruin her life.
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