nostalgia Quotes

“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”

“A man growing old becomes a child again.”

“There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone but, years after, we know it was much later.”

“In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.”

“Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.”

“I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.”

“Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.”

“Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”

“The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.”

“Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.”