Saturday, November 19, 2011

past-sick

"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:

Teeny said...

That's pretty cool. and right.

Emily, Resplendent Tranquility said...

I really enjoy discovering word origins. Learning is fun :)