David Guterson Quotes

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

It's true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.

Other arms reach out to me, Other eyes smile tenderly, Still in peaceful dreams I see, The road leads back to you.

Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?

For me, I still have feelings for all of my ex-girlfriends. In different parts of my life, I would miss that person. There's something that drew me to that person, and I shared something with them.

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I don't have a great nostalgia for the past.

Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.

I'm a nostalgic guy.

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

I do miss England. Well, I miss the idea of England, I think. But I haven't been back for years. I probably just miss the past.

To me, my house is always recreating what I lost in youth.

Every time that I come to Edgbaston it takes me back to some great first memories of coming here at a very young age.

I will never play in England again, but I still actually look back with fond memories at some moments.

Over the years I’ve collected a thousand memories of you, every glimpse, every word you’ve ever said to me. All those visits to your family’s home, those dinners and holidays—I could hardly wait to walk through the front door and see you.” The corners of his mouth quirked with reminiscent amusement. “You, in the middle of that brash, bull-headed lot…I love watching you deal with your family. You’ve always been everything I thought a woman should be. And I have wanted you every second of my life since we first met.

What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening.

There's no ifs and buts or maybes, you're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my loving.

My thoughts will echo your name until I see you again.

It's the tragedy of loving, you can't love anything more than something you miss.

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.

It's been a great adventure, everything I hoped for. But it's time to go home. I miss my family. I miss the Earth.

I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.