“When autumn shadows throw their patterns across the land, they are not the images of fragile, dying leaves, not the bared arms of lofty elms, not shadows of a fading summer; but swinging shapes as of books upon a strap, of round and square boxes held under an arm, of hurrying little people heading towards the nearest school.”
Nostalgic feeling
Nostalgic Quotes — page 92 of 136
“Of course I think of the past and of Paris, what else is there to remember?”
“I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.”
“I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.”
“I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens.”
“Years ago when I first started being a big star I had fans that were fanatical. It was when "Jolene" was a big hit.”
“I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.”
“Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance.”
“There was a wonderful atmosphere of gentle age, a smell of flowers and beeswax, sweet yet faintly sour and musty; a smell that makes you feel very tender towards the past.”
“I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'”
“Down through the years certain fads of slang had come and gone, and their vestiges could be found in Janie's and Mabel's conversation, like mastodon bones in a swamp.”
“I have always been absurdly, ridiculously tall. To give you an idea- when we went on school trips to Interesting and Improving Places, the form-master wouldn't say "Meet under the clock tower," or "Meet under the War Memorial," but "Meet under Adams.”
“The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in.”
“In fact, Lig never formally resigned his editorship—he merely left his office late one morning, and has never returned since. Though well over a century has now passed, many members of the Guide staff still retain the romantic notion that he has simply popped out for a sandwich and will yet return to put in a solid afternoon's work. Strictly speaking, all editors since Lig Lury Jr., have therefore been designated acting editors, and Lig's desk is still preserved the way he left it, with the addition of a small sign that says LIG LURY, JR., EDITOR, MISSING, PRESUMED FED.”
“Your momma used to live at the church on Sunday You just go to LIV after church on Sunday”
“When I was young I was working with a lot of people being out in the south. My uncle wrote for Al Green and I was around Al a lot.”
“I kind of forget what it's like to be a dude who grew up in the south sometimes. I want to refresh my memory and remember why I love it [there] so much.”
“I grew up on Nickelodeon.On All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Salute Your Shorts and Rocco's Modern Life and all that. That was my generation.”
“My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl.”
“My dad was kind of a pool shark and had a Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin thing going on. I've always been fascinated by the fifties because of him. There was a hip, cool, anything-goes atmosphere back then, but looking good was still a priority.”