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“While many feel deceived by a scattered ‘now’ of a broken present, others have started diving into the nostalgia of the future, sowing the seeds of their lust for life in a garden of their expectations. ("A glimpse of the future")”

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“He was getting disgusted at this increasing nostalgic preoccupation with the past. It was a weakness, he knew, a weakness he could scarcely afford if he intended to go on. And yet he kept discovering himself drifting into extensive meditation on aspects of the past. It was almost more than he could control, and it was making him furious with himself.”

Nostalgia

Book:I Am Legend

Source: I Am Legend

“I distrusted, in general, appeals to nostalgia--I loved the past of archives, but there was no era of the past I had any inclination to visit with my actual human body, being rather fond of it having at least minimal rights and protections.”

Past History Nostalgia

Book:The Office of Historical Corrections

Source: The Office of Historical Corrections

“I've been around the world now, but the alleys of my childhood will always be special. I carry the old stories and memories with me wherever I go.”

Stories Memories Childhood Travel Nostalgia Singapore

Book:The Merchant of Stories: A Creative Entrepreneur's Journey

Source: The Merchant of Stories: A Creative Entrepreneur's Journey

“But remember 2003, though, when girls wore those miniskirts that were like six floaty napkins stapled to a scrunchie, with perhaps an Edwardian waistcoat sewn of cobwebs as a top? Where at any moment a baby’s sneeze across campus might expose Kaylee’s entire bunghole and even the slouchy Western belt she wore over her three layers of different-colored camisoles couldn’t save her? In case you’ve repressed the memory, 2003 was the kind of year where Jessica Simpson might wear rubber flip-flops to the Golden Globes, and Nicole Richie was nearly elected president on a platform of “straight blonde hair on top, long curly dark brown extensions underneath, one feather.” The 2003 vibe—culturally, socially, politically, spiritually—was very “energy drink commercial directed by Mark McGrath, and not Mark McGrath in his prime, either.” Millions of Americans were forced to mourn Mr. Rogers while wearing a hot-pink corduroy train conductor’s hat. Never again! Bad Boys II is a 2003 movie.”

Nostalgia Movie Critics 2003 Jessica Simpson Bad Boys Ii Mark Mcgrath Nicole Richie

Book:Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema

Source: Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema

“The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning - no prospect of an end.”

Existence Evolution Nostalgia Geology Timelessness Antoine Lavoisier Nothing Will Come Of Nothing Uniformationism

Author:James Hutton

“So, yes, of course I feel nostalgic, even if I am longing for a time which never really belonged to us: like I said, some things were better, some were worse, and the only way one can ever learn to understand one's own youth is by accepting both halves of the proposition.”

Youth Nostalgia Understanding Your Past

Book:Fever Pitch

Source: Fever Pitch

“—¿No te parece extraño? —dijo entonces Eri. —¿El qué? —Que esa época tan asombrosa haya quedado atrás y ya nunca vaya a regresar. Que tantas posibilidades fabulosas hayan desaparecido, como si el tiempo se las hubiera tragado.”

Nostalgia

Book:Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“tak perlu tanda tanya kerana kita adalah buku rahsia yang telah lama terbuka sejak kata pertama jatuh mencari makna,” bisik benih kepada tanah yang menumbuh dan menyuburkannya (siapa di antara sela rerumputan)”

Nostalgia Sejarah Makna

Book:Fajar Lingkung Lembayung

Source: Fajar Lingkung Lembayung

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