“Everything remembered, everything thought, all awareness becomes base, frame, pedestal, lock and key of his ownership. Period, region, craft, previous owners - all, for the true collector, merge in each one of his possessions into a magical encyclopaedia whose quintessence is the fate of his object.”
Source: The Arcades Project
“Thus there is in the life of a collector a dialectical tensions between the poles of disorder and order.”
Source: Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
“Eventually the Collector from the prophecy would be born.”
Source: The Sin Collector: Thomas
“I’m beginning to realise that I’m either overly sentimental, or am a hoarder who struggles to part with things. In all honesty, I’m probably both.”
Source: A Waterside Year: Fennel's Journal No. 2
“—that exquisite sensual pleasure of collectors, who are a tactile species—”
Source: The Bells of Bruges
“To a true collector, the acquisition of an old book is its rebirth,” Oscar quoted, absent self-consciousness.”
Source: The Secret of Lost Things
“Edwin Carson is the greatest living authority on precious stones in the world. The only reason why he isn't acclaimed as such in public and in the Press is that his methods of collecting his jewels--he's got an amazing collection, I believe--is not supposed to be all that it might be.”
Source: Weekend at Thrackley
“I can't deny the skill would be a valuable asset to my collection.”
Source: Ben Archer and the Alien Skill
“Preserving vintage fiction one review at a time.”
“When you share your feelings, skip over the emotion that first comes to you, your go-to emotion, and lead with others. ... More specifically, if you are used to leading with big, powerful feelings, like anger, or indignation, soften up - reach for and lead with your vulnerability. Find the hurt. Conversely, if you lead with small, timid, insecure feelings, find your power. Where is your anger, the part of you that says "Enough"?
Here's the principle: Changing your stance changes the dance between you.”
Source: Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship