Quotes About Belongings

The greatest challenge of any society is how to contain the universal, inevitable phenomenon of envy, the desire to have what belongs to someone else. Envy lies at the heart of violence.

All your cases, I thought, do not belong to us.

I think a house should reflect the interests and personality of the occupant, but it takes time to gather together the objects one likes around oneself.

As a child, I grew up in fear. When I was four, all my other relatives were deported to the countryside, having to leave most of their personal belongings behind.

The actual stuff my family owned, those boxes under my stairs, I can't quite bear to look at. I like other people's things better. They come with other people's history.

The young man from Seabeck who'd been in and out of the county jail so often he thought he'd be able to leave some belongings behind for his next stretch of incarceration.

If who I am is what I have and what I have is lost, then who am I?

If you can own nothing, he owned it.

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.

PROPERTY" GENERALLY      A. General definition: A person may be said to hold a property interest, in the broadest sense, if he has any right which the law will protect against infringement by others.

The dramatic news is confirmed: Che has died in combat. His belongings are described in vivid detail and other information is given that only those close to the scene could have known. The

They say possesions own you. Not so. Loved ones own you. You are forever held hostage once you care so much.

For kids, it's best to teach them how to fold their clothes first. Kids will be able to fold their clothes at about three years old. You don't want to teach them how to put away toys first because it's difficult. Clothes are something kids wear every day, so it's easy for them to have a sense about their belongings.

I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.

You take care of the people you love, but it's true, too, that you take care of the things you own.

I found it hard to think of leaving my books. They had been my elevators out of the midden, and to whom could I entrust such close friends?

let us collect our property - and other people's - and depart at once

regardless of social status, we derive comfort from our stuff; the familiar warp and weft of our lives

Others just liked having their useless shit around in the place where they spent most of their time.

the concept of communal property was a reminder of the early church, when believers cared for one another as they shared not only their belief in Christ but also their worldly belongings. To

You shouldn't keep other people's phallic symbols on the mantelpiece.

Let's say you are an empty vessel. So what? What's wrong with that?" Eri said. "You're still a wonderful, attractive vessel. And really, does anybody know who they are? So why not be a completely beautiful vessel? The kind people feel good about, the kind people want to entrust with precious belongings.

items belonging to the potential witness. There was a book called The Stand by Stephen King and a bag with toothpaste and a toothbrush in it. It all amounted to the meager belongings of a meager existence.

Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They have to protect their belongings. No one is meaner than the rich. Trust me. But they have to follow the rules of their shitty civilised world. They declare war, they have honour, and they can't leave. But you two. We three. We're free.