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Karl LagerfeldPeople who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Karl LagerfeldWhen people talk about the good old days, I say to people, “It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.” I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Emile M. CioranNostalgia, more than anything, gives us the shudder of our own imperfection.

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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Mignon McLaughlinNostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Alfred TennysonSo sad, so fresh the days that are no more.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Alphonse de LamartinLimited in his nature, infinite in his wishes, Man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

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Gertrude SteinThere is no there there.

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

     (perhaps a reference to her childhood home of Oakland, that had been razed)

Milan KunderaThe Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

Quotes in Verse

DanteThere is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.

—  Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet

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Giorgos SeferisTo feel nostalgia for you place
being in your place
nothing is more bitter.

—  Giorgos Seferis, 1900-1971, Greek poet, Nobel 1963

Odysseas ElytisYes, Paradise was not a nostalgia.
Nor, much more, a reward.
It was a right.

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

Movie Quotes

Casablanca (1942)Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake...Play it, Sam.
Play “As Time Goes By”.

—  from the film Casablanca (1942)

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Citizen Kane (1941)Rosebud!

—  from the film Citizen Kane (1941)

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