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( Jan. 23rd, 2010 08:08 pm)
From Shawnalenore, via CSECooney:

Saudade:

"A Portuguese word considered untranslatable. One definition: Yearning so intense for those who are missing, or for vanished times or places, that their absence is the most profound presence in one's life. A state of being, rather than merely a sentiment." - Katherine Vaz

"vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist ... a turning towards the past or towards the future". - AF Bell




I know that feeling.
I know it far too well.
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