Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for wh…

Mignon McLaughlin
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Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain. ✨ The Complete Neurotic's Notebook. Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.
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Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain. ✨ The Complete Neurotic's Notebook. Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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