Julian Barnes Quotes About Nostalgia

Quotes about: Nostalgia

• What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.

  Julian Barnes

  Nostalgia, Remember, Ends

  Julian Barnes (2011). “The Sense of an Ending”, p.3, Random House

• But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get soggy at the memory of some childhood knickknack; nor do I want to deceive myself sentimentally about something that wasn’t even true at the time—love of the old school, and so on. But if nostalgia means the powerful recollection of strong emotions—and a regret that such feelings are no longer present in our lives—then I plead guilty.

  Julian Barnes

  Strong, Memories, Powerful

• Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give us warm comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutionary purpose could nostalgia serve?

  Julian Barnes

  Giving, Feelings, Age

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