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title: "7 Nostalgic Past Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Nostalgic Past quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Nostalgic Past sayings and thoughts."
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> [What the nostalgic past and the imaginary future seem to share in common is a form of idealism, perhaps a dream of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-d-ambrosio/what-the-nostalgic-past-and-the-imaginary-future-seem-to-share-in/)

[Charles D'Ambrosio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-d-ambrosio/)

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> [I am not nostalgic for the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-lacroix/i-am-not-nostalgic-for-the-past/)

[Christian Lacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-lacroix/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/christian-lacroix-17320_am_i-am-not-nostalgic-for-the-past-556060_556060.jpg)

> [“I find myself becoming increasingly nostalgic for the past, but after all I suppose that is the only thing one can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rozoff/i-find-myself-becoming-increasingly-nostalgic-for-the-past-but-after/)

[James Rozoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rozoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/james-rozoff-13738_nostalgia_i-find-myself-becoming-increasingly-nost_1072396.jpg)

> [“I can be nostalgic for the past, and I can romanticize the future, but I cannot sugar coat the here and now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-rose-mckee/i-can-be-nostalgic-for-the-past-and-i-can-romanticize-the-future-but/)

[Ellie Rose McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellie-rose-mckee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/ellie-rose-mckee-48546_time_i-can-be-nostalgic-for-the-past-and-i-ca_2203485.jpg)

> [One cannot afford to be nostalgic about the past and cling onto it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharmila-tagore/one-cannot-afford-to-be-nostalgic-about-the-past-and-cling-onto-it/)

[Sharmila Tagore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharmila-tagore/)

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> [I am not nostalgic for the past. And for me, being a museum curator was a childhood dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-lacroix/i-am-not-nostalgic-for-the-past-and-for-me-being-a-museum-curator-was/)

[Christian Lacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-lacroix/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/christian-lacroix-17320_childhood_i-am-not-nostalgic-for-the-past-and-for_3044128.jpg)

> [She wonders if you can feel nostalgic for something before it's in the past, she wonders if perhaps her vocabulary is too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/she-wonders-if-you-can-feel-nostalgic-for-something-before-it-s-in/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/jon-mcgregor-16601_chemicals_she-wonders-if-you-can-feel-nostalgic-fo_3229585.png)

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