#sessions

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#care #enough #freedom #great #happiest

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. Irwin

#betrayal #emotions #escaping #longing #loss

Your criticism sounds to me as if you have read too many critical books and are too smart in an artificial, destructive, and very limited way. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#william-sessions #destruction

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#fertile #indifferent #nearly #possessions #possessors

I have a coach but there's nobody at my level in Gaza. I have to do most of my training sessions on my own. ↗

— Nader al-Masri

#gaza #i #level #most #my own

Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of improvement. ↗

— Johann Gottlieb Fichte

#dignity #endure #everything #humanity #improvement

We are not the sum of our possessions. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#possessions #sum

I love photo sessions. I'm alone, I'm the queen, everyone's taking care of me. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#care #everyone #i #i love #love

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. ↗

— George Santayana

#adorn #among #any #away #beautiful