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I'd like to have a word for 'the sadness inspired by failing restaurants' as well as for 'the excitement of getting a room with a minibar.

I'd like to have a word for 'the sadness inspired by failing restaurants' as well as for 'the excitement of getting a room with a minibar.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Sadness, Rooms, Excitement
Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.217, A&C Black

Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that is oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Regret, Believe, Sadness
Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.217, A&C Black

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