Quotes About Nostalgia

Let us therefore agree that the idea of eternal return im­plies a perspective from which things appear other than as we know them: they appear without the mitigating circumstance of their transitory nature. This mitigating circumstance prevents us from coming to a verdict. For how can we condemn something that is ephemeral, in transit? In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.

Os velhos senhores reconhecem-se pelo hábito que têm de se gabar dos sofrimentos passados e de os transformarem num museu para o qual convidam visitantes (ah, esses tristes museus são tão pouco frequentados!)

Rumena svjetlost zalaska oblijeva sve ?arolijom nostalgije, pa i giljotinu.

with the perspective of eternal return, things appear without the mitigating circumstance of their transitory nature. This mitigating circumstance prevents us from coming to a verdict. How can we condemn something that is ephemeral, in transit? In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.

A emigração é difícil também do ponto de vista puramente pessoal: pensa-se sempre na dor da nostalgia; mas o que é pior é a dor da alienação; o termo alemão die Entfremdung exprime melhor o que quero designar: o processo ao longo do qual o que nos for próximo se tornou estranho.

Se dijo que se marchaba en unos días en que los bosques ardían, y su vida y sus recuerdos se consumían en aquellas llamas maravillosas y despiadadas. ¿Debía sufrir por no sufrir? ¿Debía quizá sentir nostalgia por no sentir nostalgia.

La luce rossastra del tramonto illumina ogni cosa con il fascino della nostalgia: anche la ghigliottina

If I were a doctor, I would diagnose his condition thus: "The patient is suffering from nostalgic insufficiency.

But Josef does not feel sick. He feels clearheaded. To his mind the nostalgic insufficiency proves the paltry value of his former life. So I revise my diagnosis: "The patient is suffering from masochistic distortion of memory.

He had spent seven years of life with Tereza, and now he realized that those years were more attractive in retrospect than they were when he was living them.

El kitsch provoca dos lágrimas de emoción, una inmediatamente después de la otra. La primera lágrima dice: ¡Qué hermoso, los niños corren por el césped! La segunda lágrima dice: ¡Qué hermoso es estar emocionado junto con toda la humanidad al ver a los niños corriendo por el césped!

Sagen wir also, dass der Gedanke der Ewigen Wiederkehr eine Perspektive bezeichnet, aus der die Dinge uns anders erscheinen, als wir sie kennen: sie erscheinen ohne den mildernden Umstand ihrer Vergänglichkeit. Dieser mildernde Umstand hindert uns nämlich daran, ein Urteil zu fällen. Wie kann man etwas verurteilen, was vergänglich ist? Im Abendrot leuchtet allesim verführerischen Licht der Nostalgie, sogar die Guillotine.

ÄŒervánky zániku ozaÃ…â"¢ují vÅ¡echno kouzlem nostalgie; i gilotinu.

Kebisingan mobil yang hadir di mana-mana, seperti zat asam, melahap setiap momen perenungan. Mobil menjadikan keindahan masa lalu kota tak terlihat. Aku tidak seperti para moralis goblok yang berang karena sepuluh ribu kematian per tahun di jalan raya. Setidak-tidaknya, itu mengurangi jumlah pengendara mobil. Tapi aku memberontak terhadap kenyataan bahwa mobil-mobil telah menelan banyak katredal!

Sometimes I just play the theme from Arthur. It reminds me of my childhood in New York and I just love it.

I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

The sight, sound or even smell of a first love seems to burrow deep into the brain.

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.

I love seeing young girls and their parents and grandparents at my concerts all loving the music from Grease when I perform those songs (and yes, I do perform a bunch of them!).

I always wish I could go back and see the people that I love as children.

How come I love having an episode of deja vu? It's akin to an out-of-body experience, I would think. It sits with me, happily, begging me to delve into my memory to find its match point.

I guess, on my list, going back to some old American stuff and British stuff that I used to love in the '80s, would be a British show called Dad's Army, which recently just turned into a movie.

I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.