Laine taped the last box shut. That was it, then: All of Gavin's belongings put away; some for charity, some for the dump, some to be saved for a happier 'one day' that Laine felt, right now, was as distant as the stars.
Stephen M. IrwinTag: loss suicide grief letting-go giving-away material-possessions packing-up
Laine slowly rolled out of bed. The queen size was one of the few new things in the house. But now, even the new bed felt tainted. It was an inner-spring monument to lies, a petri dish of mendacity she had shared with her faithless husband, and shared now with creeping dreams that flew from the light but left harsh scratches and diseased black feathers. Laine promised herself that, as soon as, she could, she would rid herself of this house, this bed, her clothes, her jewelry - everything but the flesh she lived in. She would scrub herself clean and flee to start a new life whose first and only commandment would be: Never let thyself be lied to again.
Stephen M. IrwinTag: past loss emotions betrayal longing adultery running-away unclean overwhelmed material-possessions escaping
How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others.
Ashly LorenzanaTag: perception quality materialism value material-possessions
Already, in the last few decades, you have realized the utter futility of of encumbering yourselves with superfluous possessions that have no useful virtue, but which, for various sentimental reasons, you continue to hoard, thus lessening your life's efficiency by using for it time and attention that should have been applied to the practical work of life's accomplishments. (The Miracle of the Lily - 1928)
Clare Winger HarrisTag: life materialism possessions wasted-time uselessness material-possessions
If there is a void in your life then you will never fill it with cash!
Stephen RichardsTag: materialism cash law-of-attraction material-possessions material-goods materialism-versus-spiritualism mind-power wealth-creation author-stephen-richards
You could not spend your entire span of life in thrall to the code of stuff. There was no code of stuff. Stuff was just stuff. You couldn't live by it or for it.
John LanchesterTag: life stuff belongings material-possessions
If you aren't happy for what you already have then what makes you think you will be happy with more.
Maddy MalhotraTag: fulfillment gratitude happy-life material-possessions
He who dies with the most toys...dies a child.
James RozoffTag: wealth material-possessions materialistic wealth-accumulation
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