#nos

You always think another time would have been ideal for you . . . the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist. ↗

— Woody Allen

#nostalgia

How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is present? You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more ↗

— Milan Kundera

#nostalgia

Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#postmodernity #nostalgia

Every time I see my cat licking its asshole I think about my ex wife. But that’s how nostalgia works, right? We only remember the best of the available memories. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#memories #nostalgia #relationships #nostalgia

You're about as subtle as a fucking train wreck. On a boat. ↗

— Doug Walker

#nostalgia-critic #simile #subtlety #train-wreck #simile

I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday. ↗

— Kris Kristofferson

#nostalgia #song-lyrics #nostalgia

Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly. ↗

— Charles Fort

#deception #fortean #hypnosis #manipulation #mind-control

We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#atheism #belief #beliefs #god #gods

It is only by working the rituals, that any significant degree of understanding can develop. If you wait until you are positive you understand all aspects of the ceremony before beginning to work, you will never begin to work. ↗

— Lon Milo DuQuette

#magick #perfectionism #practice #procrastination #procrastination

And when you do find this letter, you know what? Something extraordinary will happen. It will be like a reverse solar eclipse - the sun will start shining down in the middle of the night, imagine that! - and when I see this sunlight it will be my signal to go running out into the streets, and I'll shout over and over, "Awake! Awake! The son of mine who once was lost has now been found!" I'll pound on every door in the city, and my cry will ring true: "Awake! Everyone listen, there has been a miracle - my son who once was dead is now alive. Rejoice! All of you! Rejoice! You must! My son is coming home! ↗

— Douglas Coupland

#imagination