Suddenly I realized that I wanted everything to be as it was when I was younger. When you're young enough, you don't know that you live in a cheap lousy apartment. A cracked chair is nothing other than a chair. A dandelion growing out of a crack in the sidewalk outside your front door is a garden. You could believe that a song your parent was singing in the evening was the most tragic opera in the world. It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you. Heather ONeill
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Having a constant feeling of nostalgia is a result of being too close to the subject material. Because we have been exposed to so many experiences, we can never have enough. Because we have been exposed to so many experiences, the only thing we can be nostalgic for is our old selves.

Source: Lullabies For Little Criminals

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