Flapper Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The majestic architecture, the cultivated manners, the simplicity of life, the disregard for one's fellow man, the plagues, the rampant corruption, the unmitigated racism,…

— Chris Elliott

“After all, life was like that for most of us – the small unpleasantnesses rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather…

— Barbara Pym

“There is an enduring freshness in what remains strange and obscure which the cliches of greatness can only evoke nostalgia for.”

— Bauvard

“In the books of some memories it was the best time that ever sloshed over the world - the old time, the gay time,…

— John Steinbeck

“what was once associated with deafening, dangerous, and stultifying work could now be admired as historic creations and greeted with reverential, if only quasi-informed,…

— Kay S. Hymowitz

There's that thing about the '80s, the '40s and the '60s, and the '30s, the '50s and the '70s. Something about those odd decades…

— Paul Kantner

“It was enough to make you think fondly of those early days, of that “springtime” of the revolution when your teeth would be chattering…

— Teffi

“When we hear tell of a great act or a great life, whether it be contemporary or a myth from the past, it reminds…

— Richard Rudd

“back when they were young and, if not hopeful, at least more joyful in their fatalism.”

— James S.A. Corey

“Let us toast to good things about bad times, to old friends and new enemies, to great tragedies and small pleasures!”

— P.M. Steffen

“It is the juices of youth, the joy and gladness carried along through the busy years that make old age tolerable.”

— Orison Swett Marden

“What those years said of themselves was that they were the most joyous of years, and anyone who failed to rejoice was immediately suspected…

— Milan Kundera