“The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness.” (In Portugal, by AFG Bell, 1912)
Longing for things that have been. Longing for things that may never be again. Longing for things that may never be at all.
Nostalgic. Longing for things that might have been, if things were different.
Wishing for things, situations, feelings, times that could have been.
Missing what you never got.
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