In every age

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

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What is the charm that makes old things so sweet? – Sarah Doudney, “Between the Lights,” c.1875

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[I]t becomes increasingly easy, as you get older, to drown in nostalgia. – Ted Koppel

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Nostalgia is a seductive liar. – George Wildman Ball

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Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia? Our time is forever now! – Alice Childress

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