Susan Orlean Quotes

And I always keep cards people send me. I have a whole wall covered with them.

It's so hard getting rid of something that means something to you, as many of the pieces on our site do for me.

I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

I do hang on to things. I was so happy my father saved his army jacket. I grew up wearing that all through high school.

It's at my mom's house! She keeps everything. We were talking about it the other day - I threw something away, like our passes from Hollywood Horror Nights, and she was like, "Where are they?" I was like, "I threw them out." She was like, "You are just not the sentimental type."

I kept it for myself like a keepsake, as if sharing the memory might lead to its dissipation.

I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!

I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.

I'm a selective pack rat. There's some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly.

It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard.

If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.

I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!

St. Louis has always been special to me.

The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of - knowing that they'll make it on the DVD.

The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.

I'm a sentimental guy.

There's a lot in my closet. I've been collecting things since I was five. I'm definitely a pack rat. I'm not a hoarder, but I'm definitely a pack rat. I will keep anything if I have a memory in it or a good moment.

All the records I keep are like friends I visit.

I'm overly sentimental and don't throw things away.

I'll always hold Middlesbrough close to my heart. I'll always remember my time there.

I hate throwing personal things away, especially my cards. As I know I won't be dancing for ever, these are the things that I will look back on.

I have always kept notes and have kept letters from my friends and mother, which is rather depressing, as it takes you to the past.