"I just read somewhere that the word nostalgia is Greek for 'pain from an old wound.' And I thought, 'Oh, that is interesting!' The difference between memory and something that's nostalgic is that it has to hurt a little bit."
- Amy Poehler, interview in BUST magazine Dec/Jan 2010
2 comments:
That's pretty cool. and right.
I really enjoy discovering word origins. Learning is fun :)
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