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Definition of Nostalgia
Nostalgia

Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

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Nostalgia Quotations

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
Albert Camus

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?
Jeanne Moreau

A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.
Christopher Lasch

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.
Simone Signoret

I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.
David Cassidy

Nostalgia Translations

nostalgia in Dutch is heimwee
nostalgia in German is Heimweh
nostalgia in Hungarian is nosztalgia
nostalgia in Spanish is nostalgia
nostalgia in Swedish is nostalgi


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