Quotes: Nostalgia
Search
Nostalgia is not what it used to be.
French actress (1921-1985)
Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome.
English novelist
Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.
Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.
Spanish poet
I don’t think nostalgia has to be negative.
Northern Irish musician
I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful.
Swedish-French actor (1929-2020)
Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.
Comics? Honestly, that’s more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature and my love of film.
American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Roy E. Disney Chair in Creative Writing, Pomona College
I’m not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.
Indian actor (1946-)
Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves?