What is the charm that makes old things so sweet? – Sarah Doudney, “Between the Lights,” c.1875
The pleasure of nostalgia is never without its companion, loneliness. – Isuna Hasekura
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past. – Robertson Davies, A Voice from the Attic
[I]t becomes increasingly easy, as you get older, to drown in nostalgia. – Ted Koppel
Nostalgia is a seductive liar. – George Wildman Ball
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. – Franklin Pierce Adams
True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories. – Florence King
In every age “the good old days” were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. – Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun, 1951
Nostalgia is a process by which dreams become memories without ever coming true. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia? Our time is forever now! – Alice Childress
