Nostalgia is the only friend that stays with you forever.

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar...

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories

From an evolutionary point of view, most emotions - fear, desire, anger - serve some practical purpose, but nostalgia is a useless, futile thing because it is a longing for something that is permanently lost . . . .

Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act.

Prison is designed to separate, isolate, and alienate you from everyone and everything. You're not allowed to do so much as touch your spouse, your parents, your children. The system does everything within its power to sever any physical or emotional links you have to anyone in the outside world. They want your children to grow up without ever knowing you.They want your spouse to forget your face and start a new life. They want you to sit alone, grieving, in a concrete box, unable even to say your last farewell at a parent's funeral.