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Hüzün — a Turkish word that expresses a communal sense of melancholy

“The hüzün of Istanbul is not just the mood evoked by its music and its poetry, it is a way of looking at life that implicates us all, not only a spiritual state but a state of mind that is ultimately as life-affirming as it is negating.”

found in Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk

(via dailymurf)

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