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“Everything his parents repressed, Severin contracted and kept, collected almost, with the ambition to revive it when needed.”

Death Artist Obsession Literary Fiction Decadence Dysfunctional Family Within Paravent Walls Collector

Book:Within Paravent Walls

Source: Within Paravent Walls

“I'm a consoomer. Instead of wall-to-wall Funko Pops, I collect ducks, and I store them all in a pen at night where they can be on display to inspire jealous desire in foxes, coyotes, and Miss Marple.”

Jealousy Ducks Duck Duck Quote Fox Collection Collector Coyote Consoomer Funko Pop

Book:A Memoir of Memories and Memes

Source: A Memoir of Memories and Memes

“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.”

Object Collector

Book:The Arcades Project

Source: The Arcades Project

“Thus there is in the life of a collector a dialectical tensions between the poles of disorder and order.”

Order Tension Collector

Book:Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Source: Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

“Eventually the Collector from the prophecy would be born.”

Prophecy Collector

Book:The Sin Collector: Thomas

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.”

Sentimental Hoarding Collector Hoarder

Book:A Waterside Year: Fennel's Journal No. 2

Source: A Waterside Year: Fennel's Journal No. 2

“—that exquisite sensual pleasure of collectors, who are a tactile species—”

Collectors Collector

Book:The Bells of Bruges

Source: The Bells of Bruges

“To a true collector, the acquisition of an old book is its rebirth,” Oscar quoted, absent self-consciousness.”

Rebirth Collector

Book:The Secret of Lost Things

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.”

Jewels Collector

Book:Weekend at Thrackley

Source: Weekend at Thrackley

“I can't deny the skill would be a valuable asset to my collection.”

Superpower Skill Collection Asset Collector

Book:Ben Archer and the Alien Skill

Source: Ben Archer and the Alien Skill

“Preserving vintage fiction one review at a time.”

Collector Vintage Books

Author:Paperback Warrior

“Remember when I told you I would marry none but a warrior, Collector?" his Rajput Princess whispered as their lips parted. "And it's a warrior I have won.”

Marriage Historical Fiction Princess Collector Rajput

Book:The Royal Regiment

Source: The Royal Regiment