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“Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

Book:Journals Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, With Annotations - 1841-1844

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

“NOSTALGIA When I was a child, Nostalgia was a tiny postage stamp, I, on this side, My mother, on the other. When I was older, Nostalgia became a ship ticket, I, on this side, My bride, on the other. Later, Nostalgia was a squat tomb, I, outside. My mother, inside. And now, Nostalgia is a coastline, a shallow strait. I, on this side, The mainland, on the other.”

Poetry Nostalgia Chinese

Author:Yu Guangzhong

“The past is a bad invention that keeps on happening And it hurts to think about, like an unpaid bill It's the wind dragging the desert backwards at night & it burns you, like a pastel whip”

Nostalgia The Past

Book:Hera Lindsay Bird

Source: Hera Lindsay Bird

“Se dijo que todo lo que a él le parecía importante no lo era realmente y que en todo lo que realmente era importante no tenía tiempo de pensar. La vida pasaba sin reflexionar apenas sobre las cosas sencillas y grandes, la soledad, la nostalgia, el deseo y la muerte.”

Amor Nostalgia Muerte Soledad Reflexión Deseo

Book:Between Friends

Source: Between Friends

“Though we tend to remember bad events as well as we remember good ones, the negative coloring of the misfortunes fades with time, particularly the ones that happened to us. We are wired for nostalgia: in human memory, time heals most wounds.”

Time Events Memory Nostalgia Pessimism

Book:Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Source: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

“I never miss the country not even once. I hate nostalgia. Nostalgia is not memory and my memory is too damn good for it.”

Memory Nostalgia

Book:A Brief History of Seven Killings

Source: A Brief History of Seven Killings

“The landscape of one's childhood was more vibrant than any other. It didn't matter where it was or what it looked like, the sights and sounds imprinted differently from those encountered later. They became part of a person, inescapable.”

Childhood Memory Nostalgia

Book:The Secret Keeper

Source: The Secret Keeper

“I couldn’t deny the intense draw I felt in that dimly lit museum collection. The air around me hummed with an energy that was foreign and nostalgic all at once.”

Magic Nostalgia Crystals Eerie

Book:She Who Rises

Source: She Who Rises

“If we moved to Bonk we could get a big apartment for the cost of this place—' 'This is our home, Irina,' said the oldest sister. 'Ah, a home of lost illusions and thwarted hopes...' 'We could go out dancing and everything.' 'I remember when we lived in Bonk,' said the middle sister dreamily. 'Things vere better then.' 'Things vere alvays better then,' said the oldest sister. The youngest sister sighed and looked out of the window. She gasped. 'There's a man running through the cherry orchard!' 'A man? Vot could he possibly vant?' The youngest sister strained to see. 'It looks like he wants... a pair of trousers...' 'Ah,' said the middle sister dreamily. 'Trousers ver better then.”

Nostalgia Parody Chekhov

Book:The Fifth Elephant

Source: The Fifth Elephant

“Nostalgia, jeśli to właściwe słowo, jest brutalnym i przebiegłym napastnikiem, uderza z zasadzki, atakuje wtedy, gdy najmniej się tego spodziewamy, wymierza cios w sam splot słoneczny, tak że brakuje nam tchu.”

Nostalgia

Book:The Ministry of Pain

Source: The Ministry of Pain

“Nostalgia is the falsest and most maudlin of all joys, and the only people who truly deserve it are suckers of this world. But I can’t change what I did any more than I can change how I feel. I am not ashamed.”

Nostalgia

Book:The Zeroes

Source: The Zeroes

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