“I hated the gnawing longing that accompanied having everything.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“As we age we begin to grasp at youthful bliss like a life raft in a sea of harsh reality.” — Brad Herzog Copy Share Image
I am a 21st century person who was accidentally launched in the 20th. I have a deep nostalgia for the future. — FM-2030 Copy Share Image
Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for. — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“History is no longer as it was for the Greeks, an anamnesis, a remembrance. It is rather a thrust into the future.” — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
“There are many forms of love as there is moments in time, and you are capable of feeling them all at different… — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“Great memories are things that others would like to hear that would never be found in your obituary.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thank my GOD upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy... — Philippians 1 3:4 Copy Share Image
It is the nature of a man as he grows older, a small bridge intime, toprotest againstchange, particularlychangefor the better. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I'm so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
If I live my life through nostalgia and what I did in the past and expect to be the new kid people… — Craig David Copy Share Image
I weaned myself on the nostalgia equivalent of methadone (less addictive, less obvious, less likely to make you crazy): missing what I… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“A wave of saudade swept over me as I realized home never existed at all. The concept of home felt far from… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
In order to educate man to a new longing, everyday familiar objects must be shown to him with totally unexpected perspectives and… — Alexander Rodchenko Copy Share Image
Intellectuals cannot tolerate the chance event, the unintelligible: they have a nostalgia for the absolute, for a universally comprehensive scheme. — Raymond Aron Copy Share Image
No wonder that my remembrance fails me, for I shall complete my 70 years next Sunday (the 22); - and during these… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
“[He] embodies this tension between civilization and its discontents, between the longing for a rational and cultured life and the bad luck… — Daniel Menaker Copy Share Image
You and I are like the first two people on earth who at the beginning of the world had nothing to cover… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“Our memories and the events of our lives are untidy things. We wish that we could file them away and shut the… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“They thought of home, naturally, but there was no burning desire to be in civilization for its own sake. Worsley recorded: "Waking… — Alfred Lansing Copy Share Image
The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Every time I see a pretty young girl… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
We didn't think the library was funny looking in it's faux- Greek splendor, nor did we find the cuisine limited or bland,… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“….For instance, I hated Pearl Jam at the time. I thought they were pompous blowhards. Now, whenever a Pearl Jam song comes… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
The Republican party is the party of nostalgia. It seeks to return America to a simpler, more innocent and moral past that… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“You still long for freedom, my friend, and that longing is your cage. You do not even realize what you are missing,… — James Curcio Copy Share Image