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Nostalgia Quotes

"Sometimes to return is a vulgarity."

"Sometimes to return is a vulgarity."

John Fowles, English Novelist

Nostalgia, Memory, Regret, Reflection, Time

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"A Tennyson garden, heavy with scent, languid; the return of the word swoon."

"A Tennyson garden, heavy with scent, languid; the return of the word swoon."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Nostalgia, Nature, Romance, Imagery, Emotion

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"He was thinking of that time, the way one does on long journeys when rootlessness and boredom, lack of sleep or routine can summon from out of nowhere random stretches of the past, make them as real as a haunting. --Solar."

"He was thinking of that time, the way one does on long journeys when rootlessness and boredom, lack of sleep or routine can summon from out of nowhere random stretches of the past, make them as real as a haunting. --Solar."

Ian McEwan, British Author

Nostalgia, Memory, Journey, Past, Reflection

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"In her final years she would still recall the trip that, with the perverse lucidity of nostalgia, became more and more recent in her memory."

"In her final years she would still recall the trip that, with the perverse lucidity of nostalgia, became more and more recent in her memory."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Nostalgia, Memory, Time, Reflection

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"I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King Cole sang a perky tune. I watched the rain beat down on the road outside and told myself that one day this would be twenty years ago."

"I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King Cole sang a perky tune. I watched the rain beat down on the road outside and told myself that one day this would be twenty years ago."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

Nostalgia, Memory, Time, Awareness

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"The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing."

"The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Nostalgia, Childhood, Nature, Freedom, Memory

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"I think Wordsworth was as surprised to see me as I was him. It can't be usual to go to your favorite memory only to find someone already there, admiring the view ahead of you."

"I think Wordsworth was as surprised to see me as I was him. It can't be usual to go to your favorite memory only to find someone already there, admiring the view ahead of you."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Nostalgia, Memory, Surprise, Reflection, Art

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"In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard. I walked the streets, savoring that long lost perfume."

"In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard. I walked the streets, savoring that long lost perfume."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Nostalgia, Home, Memory, Peace

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"Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isn"t what it used to be?"

"Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isn"t what it used to be?"

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Nostalgia, Irony, Memory, Time

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"I have been a refugee for the last forty years in the luminous land of opportunity. Still my heart is aching with hiraeth for my native land."

"I have been a refugee for the last forty years in the luminous land of opportunity. Still my heart is aching with hiraeth for my native land."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Nostalgia, Refugee, Home, Hiraeth, Yearning

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"I'm drawn to the 1950s for lots of reasons - everything from the fashion to the increasing sense of freedom and modernity that builds throughout the decade."

"I'm drawn to the 1950s for lots of reasons - everything from the fashion to the increasing sense of freedom and modernity that builds throughout the decade."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Nostalgia, Fashion, Freedom, Modernity

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"Bill suited the action to the word, getting up and leaning over the handlebars and pumping the pedals at a lunatic rate. Looking at Bill's back, which was amazingly broad for a boy of eleven-going-on-twelve, watching it work under the duffel coat, the shoulders slanting first one way and then the other as he shifted his weight from one pedal to the other, Richie suddenly became sure that they were invulnerable...they would live forever and ever."

"Bill suited the action to the word, getting up and leaning over the handlebars and pumping the pedals at a lunatic rate. Looking at Bill's back, which was amazingly broad for a boy of eleven-going-on-twelve, watching it work under the duffel coat, the shoulders slanting first one way and then the other as he shifted his weight from one pedal to the other, Richie suddenly became sure that they were invulnerable...they would live forever and ever."

Stephen King, American Author

Nostalgia, Childhood, Immortality, Friendship, Energy

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"Every time I look at you autumn leaves come in between - does it matter they're the color of your hair - or they still fall in my memory?..."

"Every time I look at you autumn leaves come in between - does it matter they're the color of your hair - or they still fall in my memory?..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Nostalgia, Autumn, Memory, Love, Nature

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"I had a dream about you last night. We were in your old Civic. Nine Inch Nails was turned up on the stereo and I was taking pictures of you behind the wheel with my disposable camera. We went through the drive through at El Pollo Loco, placed an order for a hundred bucks worth of food, and then just drove off at the window. I miss being stupid with you."

"I had a dream about you last night. We were in your old Civic. Nine Inch Nails was turned up on the stereo and I was taking pictures of you behind the wheel with my disposable camera. We went through the drive through at El Pollo Loco, placed an order for a hundred bucks worth of food, and then just drove off at the window. I miss being stupid with you."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

Nostalgia, Memory, Youth, Love

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"Six books, my mother didn't want books falling into my hands. It never occurred to her that I fell into the books that I put myself inside them for safe keeping."

"Six books, my mother didn't want books falling into my hands. It never occurred to her that I fell into the books that I put myself inside them for safe keeping."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Nostalgia, Books, Escape, Childhood, Imagination

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"We paw at nostalgia even before we hit twenty, wanting a holiday that never happened, a wholesomeness that could not survive in the wild."

"We paw at nostalgia even before we hit twenty, wanting a holiday that never happened, a wholesomeness that could not survive in the wild."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Nostalgia, Youth, Memory, Desire

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"Curious how a place unvisited can take such hold on the mind so that the very name sets up a ringing."

"Curious how a place unvisited can take such hold on the mind so that the very name sets up a ringing."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Nostalgia, Memory, Mind, Imagination, Emotion

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"Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring."

"Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Nostalgia, Longing, Change, Spring

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"I was in '78 recently," he announced. "I brought you this."He handed me a single by the Beatles. I didn't recognize the title."Didn't they split in '70?""Not always. How are things?"

"I was in '78 recently," he announced. "I brought you this."He handed me a single by the Beatles. I didn't recognize the title."Didn't they split in '70?""Not always. How are things?"

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Nostalgia, Time, Music, Memory

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"Everything was brighter and more colorful in those years, as if my childhood was ending in an explosion of unreal passion that made my life feel sacred and holy."

"Everything was brighter and more colorful in those years, as if my childhood was ending in an explosion of unreal passion that made my life feel sacred and holy."

Roman Payne, American Novelist

Nostalgia, Childhood, Memory, Emotion, Wonder

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"The "good old times"-all times when old are good."

"The "good old times"-all times when old are good."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Nostalgia, Time, Memory, Aging

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"You know, that was what we missed most. Not our beds, not our homes, not even our mothers. We would talk about food."

"You know, that was what we missed most. Not our beds, not our homes, not even our mothers. We would talk about food."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Nostalgia, Home, Comfort, Food

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"When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present."

"When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Nostalgia, History, Regret, Truth, Wisdom

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"Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure, but turn out to have been the pleasure itself."

"Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure, but turn out to have been the pleasure itself."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Nostalgia, Happiness, Memory, Time, Reflection

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"The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'"

"The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'"

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Nostalgia, Technology, Future, Past

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"I was adored once too."

"I was adored once too."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Nostalgia, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"I live in Ireland every day in a drizzly dream of a Dublin walk..."

"I live in Ireland every day in a drizzly dream of a Dublin walk..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Nostalgia, Ireland, Dream, Memory

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"When you don't know where to start,just go to a place you miss so much."

"When you don't know where to start,just go to a place you miss so much."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Nostalgia, Regret, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational

"The memory will most likely come to me when I least expect it. When I'm in the middle of something else."

"The memory will most likely come to me when I least expect it. When I'm in the middle of something else."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Nostalgia, Memory, Past, Thought, Emotion

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