Forget the past Quote by Ezra Glinter

“I suffer from chronic nostalgia. Looking back makes me dizzy, queasy, and I yearn for it, ache for it. I want it back; maybe…

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“Nostalgia is powerful. It is natural, human, to long for the past, particularly when we can remember our histories as better than they were.”

— Roxane Gay

“If we cling to old stories and carry the burden of regrets, mistakes, and unresolved sorrow, we must recognize that we hold on to…

— Erik Pevernagie

“if remembering is to be something more than nostalgia, it requires a contextual basis—a theory, a vision, a metaphor—something within which facts can be…

— Neil Postman

“...nostalgia goes beyond individual psychology. At first glance, nostalgia is a longing for a place, but actually it is a yearning for a different…

— Svetlana Boym

“Nostalgia is so certain: the sense of familiarity it instills makes us feel like we know ourselves, like we've lived. To get a sense…

— Carrie Brownstein

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

— Mel Torme

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose…

— Simon Newcomb

Looking back is a way to sharpen the focus on the things you want to change in your life. I think there's something about…

— Sarah Paulson

Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.

— Anonymous

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

— Mason Cooley

“Nostalgia is possibly the greatest of the lies that we all tell ourselves. It is the glossing of the past to fit the sensibilities…

— R.A. Salvatore