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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories… but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted d?j? vu. – Florence King

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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty – as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it. – Florence King

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People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that theyre all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error. – Florence King

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Remembrance of things past. – William Shakespeare

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The good old times — all times when old are good. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past–
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Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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