Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Weltschmerz
"Go on," he urged gently.
"All I can see is the sad stuff. And it's everywhere. We're the walking wounded, the entire human race."
"Weltschmerz," he said.
"Bless you," she said absently.
"No," he laughed softly. "Weltschmerz. It's a German for "world sadness."
"There's a word for this?"
She knew she wasn't the first person to feel like this. She knew her mother had too. But if a word had actually been invented to describe the feeling, lots of others must have felt it. It was a comfort.
-- Sushi For Beginners by Marian Keyes
"All I can see is the sad stuff. And it's everywhere. We're the walking wounded, the entire human race."
"Weltschmerz," he said.
"Bless you," she said absently.
"No," he laughed softly. "Weltschmerz. It's a German for "world sadness."
"There's a word for this?"
She knew she wasn't the first person to feel like this. She knew her mother had too. But if a word had actually been invented to describe the feeling, lots of others must have felt it. It was a comfort.
-- Sushi For Beginners by Marian Keyes
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