Bittersweet Quote by Edward Hirsch

The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

— Milan Kundera

When the word 'nostalgia' was coined in the 18th century, it was used to describe a pathology - not so much a sense of…

— Nicole Krauss

Nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return

— Milan Kundera

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged.

— Angela Carter

Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.

— Mason Cooley

“Nostalgia is a powerful drug to which intelligent and sensitive people resort when they are bored or frightened by the times they are living…

— John Gloag

Nostalgia is the aching realization that you can't go back again. The longing, no matter how intense, can never be met.

— R. C. Sproul, Jr

Nostalgia is a product of dissatisfaction and rage. It´s a settling of grievances between the present and the past.

— Don DeLillo

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

— Jasper Fforde

Nostalgia locates desire in the past where it suffers no active conflict and can be yearned toward pleasantly.

— Robert Hass

Nostalgia is a powerful feeling; it can drown out anything.

— Terrence Malick

“In Spanish añoranza comes from the verb añorar (to feel nostalgia), which comes from the Catalan enyorar, itself derived from the Latin word ignorare…

— Milan Kundera