“The more space they, hoarders, have available, the more space they fill. Perhaps this is actually the goal--to fill space.”
Source: Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
“The more material things that we possess, the less clear life becomes. Therefore, if you want clarity, have a garage sale.”
“The problem with collecting other people's junk is you just don't know what to do with it when you don't want it anymore. You feel bad about throwing it to the curb. It's too much trouble to sell. So you keep it around, knowing if you can't redeem it, exactly, you've at least rescued it. Somewhat.”
Source: A Thing of Beauty
“Hoarding means both depleting natural resources and creating a storage problem. Neither does it make sense to hoard food away from the needs of others.”
Source: Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being
“Clutter, like emotional chaos, has a way of running in families, passed down like curly hair or blue eyes or musical ability.”
“Clutter, like emotional chaos, has a way of running in families, passed down like blue eyes or curly hair or musical ability.”
“The walls are lined with Bankers Boxes and plastic bins. These boxes contain things like rag dolls with missing eyes and tablecloths permanently marred with mustard stains because my mother does not believe in throwing anything away. In her opinion, failures of foresight are the worst kind.”
Source: State of Paradise
“Clutter may rob us of the life we imagined or prevent us from creating a new vision for our future.”
Source: Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.
“Hoarding does not discriminate on the basis of income or intellect.”
Source: The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
“I throw away stacks of newspaper and catalogs, bills that probably went unpaid for years, plastic bags of hangers and wires, and the hockey stick.”
Source: White Cat