64 Quotes About Hoarding

"For a hoarder, staying clean isn't really about bins and labels; it's about processing items that come into the house. A good organizer can help a hoarder develop methods for sorting mail, for staying on top of recycling, and for making sure donated items get to their destinations... The repetition of bad cleaning skills is usually what got the hoarder into trouble in the first place, so an organizer works on repetition of new, positive cleaning skills."

"The belongings people accumulate throughout their lives will always own them. People seem to think if they had more they’d be happier or freer, but their possessions only chain them to the earth."

"What's the difference between a private library and a book hoarder?' he wonders.We are both silent before chuckling and answering in unison: 'Faeces."

"Some are saving their right now for later, when tomorrow could be never."

"...What do you do with all your money?""Me and the French hoard gold."

"Your home is living space, not storage space."

"Clutter may rob us of the life we imagined or prevent us from creating a new vision for our future."

"Hoarding does not discriminate on the basis of income or intellect."

"How arrogant you areTo think your wretched Self so singular!The disappointments of this world will dieIn less time than the blinking of an eye,And as the earth must pass, pass by the earth Don't even glance at it, know what it's worth;What empty foolishness it is to careFor what must one day be dispersed to air!"