Quotes About Belongings

This is my life, I think. I am an accumulation of objects.

Esta es mi vida Soy una acumulación de objetos.

American houses...' she said, peering over her right shoulder and down the street. 'They always seem to believe that nobody ever loses anything, has lost anything. I find that very sad. Do you know what I mean?

I don't want to own something that you can't take into your apartment at night.

As I have lived all my married life in furnished houses, amongst other people's belongings, I am neither surprised nor abashed to hear of this strange deficiency,

but when Gerry and Joan and little Marion were there it was anything but peaceful. They were noisy and argumentative and took pleasure in practical jokes of a very annoying character. And they were so careless and untidy that their belongings were scattered about in every room. The young Lamberts were not welcome visitors at Merlewood.

It's hard to let go of objects because they are full of stories...They speak to us of the life we had, and the lives we never knew...We can, in fact, never be free of our stuff until we have dealt with the stories it carries. In the end, it does indeed tell us something about who we are.

In a country where possessions counted for everything, we had no belongings except our stories.

I left with a heavy heart and a still heavier suitcase--I had filled it with my favourite books.

Inside was my father's wallet, his reading glasses, his wedding ring. Identity, insight, heart: the only things we leave behind.

When I took these things from the house: some tapes, some books, my winter clothes, I did not know that these would become the things I own.

Sumptuousness of this kind was unknown in Scotland. James V's belongings had been more modest.

I do not like being ignored when someone has my things!

What happens if I don't leave the planet within seventy-two hours?" I said as I handed the paper back to the recruiter. "Nothing," she said, taking the form. "Except that since you're legally dead, all your belongings are split up according to your will, your health and life benefits are canceled or disbursed to your heirs and being legally dead, you have no legal right to protection under the law from everything from libel to murder.

I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kidding.

I want to have some stuff that I keep for myself, my friends, my family, my loved ones. That's how I view.

Porque donde esté vuestro tesoro, allí estará también vuestro corazón»

A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.

The house was here when I bought the ranch, and this clutter came with it. I've added my own things to the mess, and I haven't spent a lick of time tending it. I reckon that's pretty easy to see.

Grandpapa doesn't want to lose Nelly," Eliza said. "Grandpapa is only aware of the trail of belongings Nelly has lost on this trip and thinks she had better wait before she loses her heart, too," he retorted.

John Bowlby (1973) reported on a landmark study of the adoption of securely attached toddlers that demonstrated that transitional objects had a major impact on reducing placement trauma. In this study, many of the toddlers' belongings, including beds, blankets, and toys, accompanied them to their new homes.

There is no harm in carrying a borrowed umbrella, but toothbrushes and opinions should always be one's own.

I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.

Your Home should tell the story of who you are, and be a Collection of what you Love.